stone pit

stone pit

n (Mining & Quarrying) a less common name for quarry¹

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stone pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"quarry, pitchalk pit, chalkpit - a quarry for chalkexcavation - a hole in the ground made by excavatinggravel pit - a quarry for gravel