to quarry

Examples

• All

• Concrete is not cut or quarried the way stone is.

• "Some of the stone for the wall was quarried from here."

  Fiction book (1992)

• How did these primitive people quarry, move, and erect such monsters?

  Fiction book (1994)

• The breakwater was constructed of massive blocks of granite quarried from the White Mountains.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Instead, they set to work, mumbling among themselves, quarrying adobe blocks and felling trees.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The temple's built of granite quarried from Little Cottonwood Canyon.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Kelly witnessed Mormons cutting timber and quarrying lime 12 miles east of the city (1851, 222).

  Academic text (1997)

• Braving unpredictable seas, the Yapese quarried limestone from the caves and rock shelters scattered among these islands.

  Academic text (2004)

• They plan to quarry granite from the mountains for their new building project.

• The team decided to quarry limestone to use in restoring the historic church.

Synonyms

M

to mine

vsto quarry

• Specialized

34 4.0

To take metals or minerals from the ground by digging

is narrower and focuses on removing stone and other surface materials

S

to surface mine

vsto quarry

• Specialized

1 6.0

To remove earth and rock from the ground to get coal or other minerals

is aimed at getting stone and other building materials rather than ores

S

to surface-mine

vsto quarry

1 7.4

To remove the top layer of ground to get minerals like coal

is focused on obtaining stone and other materials rather than ores

How Extensive

to strip-mine

• Specialized

3 7.2

to mine

• Specialized

34 4.0

to quarry

2 6.0

to extract

175 3.9

to chip away at

21 4.6

Surface Forms

Etymology