quarry
noun
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
quarried
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past participleof quarry.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof quarry.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
quarrynounan excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
Example Sentences
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Local artists, with easy access to Carrara marble quarried just down the coast, created thousands of sculpted scenes that by turns commemorate, re-create or just refer to the dead in towering dioramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Most of the Aravallis lie in Rajasthan, and a quarter of the state's hills have been quarried, a 2018 Supreme Court-constituted committee found.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
It has close connections with the slate trade which once dominated north west Wales' economy, with its harbour once used for the transport of slate quarried nearby.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Most of the material will be hauled away in dump trucks, which will make thousands of trips to return the rocks and earth to the original 37-acre pit where material was quarried for dam construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
The Tehlin church was the nicest building in town, three stories tall and made of quarried stone.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
