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quarry1
noun (quarries )
1
a an open excavation for the purpose of extracting stone or slate for building;
b a place from which stone, etc can be excavated.
2 any source of information, data or knowledge, etc.
verb (quarries , quarried , quarrying )
1 to extract (stone, etc) from a quarry.
2 to excavate a quarry in (land).
3 a to get a supply of (material or information) from a source;
b to search through and extract information or material, etc from (a source).
[15c: from Latin quadrare to make (stones) square]
quarrying noun .
noun (quarries )
1
a an open excavation for the purpose of extracting stone or slate for building;
b a place from which stone, etc can be excavated.
2 any source of information, data or knowledge, etc.
verb (quarries , quarried , quarrying )
1 to extract (stone, etc) from a quarry.
2 to excavate a quarry in (land).
3 a to get a supply of (material or information) from a source;
b to search through and extract information or material, etc from (a source).
[15c: from Latin quadrare to make (stones) square]
quarrying noun .
También tienes: carry
quarry2
noun (quarries )
1 an animal or bird that is hunted, especially one that is the usual prey of some other animal or bird.
2 someone or something that is the object of pursuit.
[17c; 14c meaning -the entrails of a deer placed on the hide and given to hunting dogs as a reward-: from French cuiree , from cuir hide]
noun (quarries )
1 an animal or bird that is hunted, especially one that is the usual prey of some other animal or bird.
2 someone or something that is the object of pursuit.
[17c; 14c meaning -the entrails of a deer placed on the hide and given to hunting dogs as a reward-: from French cuiree , from cuir hide]
También tienes: carry
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