quarry
Hunter's pursued target
A quarry is an open excavation site where stone, slate, or other materials are extracted from the earth: The marble came from a quarry in Vermont.
To quarry is to extract such materials.
Separately, quarry means the prey being hunted—an animal pursued by a predator or hunter, or figuratively, anyone being chased or sought: The detective tracked his quarry through the city.
Fruit's hard seed
- mineOre excavation site
- opencastSurface excavation method
- rockfaceExposed cliff surface
- blastingExplosive material removal
drilling · extraction · crusher · aggregate · gravel · limestone · granite · sandstone
Act of chasing something
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- huntPursuit of quarry
- targetObject of pursuit
- gameOrganized play or sport
stalking · predator · tracking · scent · trail · ambush · capture · hound
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
flagstone · bluestone · freestone · ashlar · building stone · cladding · masonry · block
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
midden · stratigraphy · artifact · settlement · survey · fieldwork · cairn · burial
pit
Fruit's hard seed
blasting · drilling · extraction · crusher · aggregate · gravel · limestone · granite · sandstone · slate
pursuit
Act of chasing something
game · stalking · predator · tracking · scent · trail · ambush · capture · hound · fugitive
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
sandstone · flagstone · bluestone · freestone · ashlar · building stone · cladding · masonry · block · slab
excavation
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- trenchLong narrow excavation
earthwork · midden · stratigraphy · artifact · settlement · survey · fieldwork · cairn · burial · ditch
- British geologychalk, flint, limestone, shale, sandstone
- man-made terraincanal, dike, levee, embankment, landfill
- mining termsgold veins, silver veins, open pit mining, underground mining, drilling
- quarryingstone blocks, crushed stone, building stone, rock face, excavation
- rockhoundingrock hammer, rock tumbler, geodes, quartz, agate
- Stone Age toolshandaxe, stone axe, stone knife, chopper, arrowhead
- quarrelled withEngaged in angry dispute
- stone quarrySite for extracting bedite
- pick a quarrelDeliberately start conflict
- quarrel withExpress disagreement with
- stone quarriesSites where rock is extracted
- quarreling withVerbally fighting against
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