quarriableadj.
/ˈkwɒrɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈkwɔriəb(ə)l/ Suitable for quarrying; able to be quarried.
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quarriable1856
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 40 The arable soil, the quarriable rock.
1880 J. Ruskin Our Fathers have told Us i. i. 16 Quarriable banks above well-watered meadow.
1926 W. de la Mare Connoisseur & Other Stories 322 The conveyance of the stone, or whatever it might be was quarriable among these hills.
1955 Geogr. Rev. 45 444 This reviewer would prefer to restrict ‘laterite’ to the illuvial, secondary, quarriable sesquioxide accumulations in tropical soils.
1993 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Oct. 34 It's terribly stony—the whole area is quarriable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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