Definitions
extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
Word origin
From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“to square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
Used in a sentence
“Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.”
“There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm […]”
“Today the extractive industry utilizes sand and gravel reserves and quarries stone in Wingdale.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Stone excavation”6 letters
02“Stone pit or prey”6 letters
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