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Definition of quarry verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quarry

verb
 
/ˈkwɒri/
 
/ˈkwɑːri/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quarry
 
/ˈkwɒri/
 
/ˈkwɑːri/
he / she / it quarries
 
/ˈkwɒriz/
 
/ˈkwɑːriz/
past simple quarried
 
/ˈkwɒrid/
 
/ˈkwɑːrid/
past participle quarried
 
/ˈkwɒrid/
 
/ˈkwɑːrid/
-ing form quarrying
 
/ˈkwɒriɪŋ/
 
/ˈkwɑːriɪŋ/
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  1. to take stone, etc. out of a quarry
    • A is quarried (from/out of B) The local rock is quarried from the hillside.
    • B is quarried (for A) The area is being quarried for limestone.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuarry is used with these nouns as the object:
    • marble
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    Word Originverb Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square’. The verb dates from the late 18th cent.
See quarry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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