Quarrying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The extraction of material from a quarry. countable, uncountable

    "In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782."

  2. 2
    the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry wordnet
  3. 3
    A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of quarry form-of, gerund, participle, present

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disentanglementdrawingevulsionexcavationexcisionexpression

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"In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782."

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