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Quarries

noun
Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.nounA site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.
"Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara."
2.verbTo obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
3.verbTo extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
"They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri."
4.nounA part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
5.nounAn animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
6.nounAn object of search or pursuit.
7.verbTo secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
8.nounA diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

Synonyms

delfdigdig upunearthminemarkpreytargetcareercareersminespits

Rhymes With

storiescategoriesterritoriesgloriesreformatoriesinterrogatorieslaboratorieslorries
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