Dictionary Definition
quarry
Noun
1 a person who is the aim of an attack
(especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile
person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair
game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, target, fair
game]
2 a surface excavation for extracting stone or
slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, stone
pit]
3 animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey] v : extract (something such
as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble" [also:
quarried]quarried See
quarry
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English
Verb
quarried- past of quarry
Extensive Definition
A quarry is a type of open-pit
mine from which rock or
minerals are extracted.
Quarries are generally used for extracting building
materials, such as dimension
stone. Quarries are usually shallower than other types of
open-pit mines.
A quarry is often mistaken for other types of
open-pit or open-cast mines such as borrow or
gravel
pits.
Types of rock extracted from quarries
include:
Quarries in level areas often have special
engineering problems
for drainage. The
Coquina Quarry is excavated to more than sixty feet (18 meters)
below sea level. To reduce surface leakage a moat, lined with clay, was constructed around the
entire quarry. Ground water
that seeps into the pit is pumped up into the moat.
Many quarries fill with water to become ponds or small lakes after abandonment for mining
purposes. Others have become landfills. Conway,
South Carolina limestone quarry.
See also
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quarried in Welsh: Chwarel
quarried in Danish: Stenbrud
quarried in German: Steinbruch
quarried in Spanish: Cantera
quarried in French: Carrière (géologie)
quarried in Hebrew: מחצבה
quarried in Lithuanian: Karjeras
quarried in Dutch: Groeve
quarried in Norwegian: Pukkverk
quarried in Polish: Kamieniołom
quarried in Portuguese: Pedreira
(geologia)
quarried in Russian: Карьер
quarried in Simple English: Quarry
quarried in Slovak: Lom (ťažba)
quarried in Swedish: Stenbrott
quarried in Turkish: Taş ocağı
quarried in Ukrainian: Кар'єр
quarried in Walloon: Cårire
quarried in Chinese: 沙石场
In the Middle Ages the Arena di Verona was used
as a quarry for other buildings.
Quarrying is taking rock from the ground or
hills,Either by digging with machines or by breaking up the rock
with explosives. Limestone rock is used in the manufacture of iron
and steel, in making agricultural land more fertile by reducing
acidity and it is used more than any other stone in motorways,roads
and ,in the UK and Europe, as a large fraction of all
concrete.Technologicaly It will play a big part in future efforts
to reduce sulphur emissions from industry and will very likely play
some role in controlling how an where carbon dioxide is stored(if
it ever is). Disadvantages are that the quarrying is very noisy
with lots of dust and large numbers of heavy lorries travelling
constantly through the country on roads never built for such
traffic and through viilages and small rural towns.In addition the
look of the country can be spoiled when quite large hills are
quarried away.