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.
quarries
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pluralof quarry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof quarry (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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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Put into shackles and forced to labor in the limestone quarries of Syracuse, the captive characters speak in a working-class Dublin dialect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
On another nearby property overlooking an ancient sea wall, excavations revealed two stone quarries "one Roman and the other Phoenician", she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Whiles is among a group of residents calling for a pause on blasting at Craig yr Hesg and other quarries until the HSE has concluded its investigation at the Taff's Well site.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The site contains multiple fossil quarries that have been excavated for decades and continues to yield exceptionally preserved specimens from the Late Triassic.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
They form a chain around the quarries, and keep a look-out that none escapes.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
