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Definitions of quarry
  1. noun
    animal hunted or caught for food

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  2. noun
    a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

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  3. noun
    a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
    "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

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  4. verb
    extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
    "quarry marble"
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Definition that contains quarry
  • working a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
  • ambush hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
  • breaker a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
  • quarry extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
  • workings a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
  • excavator a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
  • quarrying the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
  • ledgeman a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
  • quarrier a man who works in a quarry
  • chalkpit a quarry for chalk
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