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noun, plural quar·ries.

an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.

an abundant source or supply.

verb (used with object), quar·ried, quar·ry·ing.

to obtain (stone) from or as if from a quarry.

to make a quarry in.

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Origin of quarry

¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English noun quarrei, quarey, quar(r)i, from Medieval Latin quareia, quarrea, quareria, from Old French quarriere, from unrecorded Vulgar Latin quadrāria "place where stone is squared," derivative of Latin quadrāre "to square"

OTHER WORDS FROM quarry

quar·ri·a·ble, quar·ry·a·ble, adjective un·quar·ried, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quarry

quarry , query

Other definitions for quarry (2 of 3)

quarry ²

[ kwawr-ee, kwor-ee ]

/ ˈkwɔr i, ˈkwɒr i /

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noun, plural quar·ries.

an animal or bird hunted or pursued.

game, especially game hunted with hounds or hawks.

any object of search, pursuit, or attack.

Origin of quarry

²

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English quirre, querre, quirrei "parts of a deer given to the hounds," from Old French cuiree, cuiriee, curee "viscera, entrails" (probably influenced by cuir "leather, hide, skin"), from Latin corium "skin, hide, leather"), from Late Latin corāta (plural) "entrails," from cor "heart"

Other definitions for quarry (3 of 3)

quarry ³

[ kwawr-ee, kwor-ee ]

/ ˈkwɔr i, ˈkwɒr i /

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noun, plural quar·ries.

Origin of quarry

³

First recorded in 1535–45; noun use of obsolete adjective quarry "square," from Old French quarre, from Latin quadrātus quadrate

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How to use quarry in a sentence

• A family of spiders can catch prey many times their own weight by hitching silk lines to their quarry and hoisting the meaty prize up into the air.

• I eventually found my quarry—found myself stumbling around inside it, giggling and gleefully swearing, neck craned—a few hours before sunset.

• Carrara marble has been quarried as far back as Roman times and was used by emperors for massive monuments like the Rome Pantheon.

• The better houses are built either of a fine blue stone, quarried on the beach of Victoria, or of brick.

• All are quarried out upon a superlative scale of magnitude, and every one of them is a marvel.

• He looks as solid as though th' columns iv th' building was quarried out iv him.

• At one place it comes through a deep break in the solid rock, which seems as if it must originally have been quarried.

• Its quarried stones are still visible beneath the later brick arches in the vicinity of S. Giorgio in Velabro.

British Dictionary definitions for quarry (1 of 3)

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noun plural -ries

an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, slate, marble, etc, by drilling, blasting, or cutting

a copious source of something, esp information

verb -ries, -rying or -ried

to extract (stone, slate, etc) from or as if from a quarry

(tr) to excavate a quarry in

to obtain (something, esp information) diligently and laboriously he was quarrying away in the reference library

Word Origin for quarry

C15: from Old French quarriere, from quarre (unattested) square-shaped stone, from Latin quadrāre to make square

British Dictionary definitions for quarry (2 of 3)

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noun plural -ries

an animal, bird, or fish that is hunted, esp by other animals; prey

anything pursued or hunted

Word Origin for quarry

C14 quirre entrails offered to the hounds, from Old French cuirée what is placed on the hide, from cuir hide, from Latin corium leather; probably also influenced by Old French coree entrails, from Latin cor heart

British Dictionary definitions for quarry (3 of 3)

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noun plural -ries

a square or diamond shape

something having this shape

Word Origin for quarry

C16: from Old French quarré; see quarrel ²

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Example of Quarry Used in a Sentence

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