C1nounenvironmentnature
US/ˈkwɔːr.i/
UK/ˈkwɒr.i/
a large hole in the ground where stone or sand is dug out; also an animal or person being hunted
In context
Dust from the stone quarry covers the fields around the village.
Activists want the limestone quarry closed to protect the nearby caves.
The eagle circled for minutes before diving at its quarry.
Words that go with quarry
noun + noun
- stone quarryHe worked in a stone quarry for twenty years.
- limestone quarryThe cement plant takes rock from a limestone quarry.
- sand quarryAn illegal sand quarry damaged the riverbank.
adjective + noun
- abandoned quarryThe abandoned quarry filled with water and became a lake.
verb + noun
- open a quarryThe company wants to open a quarry next to the national park.