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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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
Twelve massive chunks of white stone were quarried there, transported in their raw state across the border and piled in six pairs adjacent to a Desert Hot Springs wind farm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
Mr Gray, from Shipley, who started working as a stone dresser in 1997, used power and hand tools to make paving slabs from reclaimed quarried stone.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
According to Mega Cavern, enough limestone was originally quarried out to rebuild all three pyramids of Giza.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
Other evidence, however, is necessary, for it is known that Michelangelo did not carve all the marble blocks which were quarried for him and which bore his mark.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
