quarry in Hindi हिन्दी
quarry in Marathi मराठी
quarry in Nepali नेपाली
quarry in Sindhi سنڌي
quarry in Telugu తెలుగు
quarry in Urdu اُردُو
quarry in English
- quarry⇄adj. square or diamond-shaped.
Ex. quarry tile. - quarry⇄noun 1. a place where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out for use in building.
Ex. an ancient quarry from which the stone has been cut out in smooth masses (Amelia B. Edwards).
2. (Figurative.) a source of plentiful supply; mine.
Ex. Eac - quarry⇄noun 1. a small, square or diamond-shaped pane of glass, used in latticed windows; quarrel.
Ex. This window was filled with old painted glass in ... quarries (Margaret O. W. Oliphant).
2. a tile or stone that is square or diamond-shaped. < - quarry⇄quarry (1), noun, pl.-ries,verb, -ried,-rying.
- quarry⇄quarry (2), noun, pl.-ries.
1. an animal chased in a hunt; game; prey.
Ex. a falcon swooping on its quarry (Herbert Spencer). The foxhunters chased their quarry for hours.
2. (Figurative.) anything hunted or eagerly pursued.
Ex. H - quarry⇄quarry (3), noun, pl.-ries,adjective.
- quarry⇄v.i. to dig in a quarry.
Ex. (Figurative.) He deliberately left buried [some stories] in the files of these magazines because he quarried from them later for his novels (Norman Shrapnel). - quarry⇄v.t. 1. to obtain from a quarry.
Ex. We watched the workmen quarry out a huge block of marble.
2. (Figurative.) to dig out by hard work.
Ex. This is the story of Sandburg's boyhood quarried with deftness and tact out of the rich profus