quarried
Dug from earth
Quarried is the past tense of quarry, meaning to extract stone, slate, or other materials from an open pit or excavation: The marble was quarried in Vermont.
Figuratively, to quarry is to dig out or unearth through research or investigation: She quarried facts from old newspapers.
The limestone quarried here built half the city's churches.
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
basalt · bluestone · flagstone · travertine · quartzite · soapstone · alabaster · gneiss
Fruit's hard seed
- cliffVertical rock wall
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- rockfaceExposed cliff surface
escarpment · talus · scree · bench · face · overburden · bedrock · stratum
Destroyed or damned
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
- explosivesDetonating substances
- jackhammerPower tool for breaking concrete
pickaxe · crusher · conveyor · haulage · loader · vein · seam · bench
Cut to create form
- chiselEdged carving implement
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
bust · relief · artisan · sculptor · polished · roughhewn · block · figure
Vertical structural element
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- lintelBeam over an opening
frieze · balustrade · portico · pilaster · facade · plinth · entablature · architrave
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
sandstone · basalt · bluestone · flagstone · travertine · quartzite · soapstone · alabaster · gneiss · fieldstone
pit
Fruit's hard seed
rockface · escarpment · talus · scree · bench · face · overburden · bedrock · stratum · geology
blasted
Destroyed or damned
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
- explosivesDetonating substances
jackhammer · pickaxe · crusher · conveyor · haulage · loader · vein · seam · bench · face
carved
Cut to create form
- chiselEdged carving implement
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
statue · bust · relief · artisan · sculptor · polished · roughhewn · block · figure · monument
column
Vertical structural element
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
lintel · frieze · balustrade · portico · pilaster · facade · plinth · entablature · architrave · ionic
stonecutters
Those who shape rock
operators · foreman · teamsters · workforce · shifts · union · wages · helmets · quarrymen · apprentice
quarriedcollected
Calm and self-possessed
foraged · found · harvested · unquarried · picked up
quarriedunquarried
Not extracted from earth
in situ · unmined · unexcavated · unextracted · natural
- stone quarriesSites where rock is extracted
- marble quarriesSites extracting metamorphic rock
- granite quarriesSites mining crystalline rock
- limestone quarriesSites extracting sedimentary rock