quarry
kwaw ree
- n a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- n a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit' - n animal hunted or caught for food
- v extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
quarry marble
- Last summer Alfred began to prowl the quarry with Joe Geiler and Mike Bandrowski, who had joined the project just a few months before.
- William Griffith Wilson grew up in a quarry town in Vermont.
- And one of the most quintessential is the Dorset Quarry.