Library / English Dictionary

QUARRYING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("quarrying" is a kind of...):

production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)

Domain member category:

quarry (extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry)

Derivation:

quarry (extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb quarry

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