an open excavation from which building materials, e.g. stone, slate, and sand, are obtained

a source from which useful material, esp information, may be extracted

to obtain (e.g. stone) from a quarry

to make a quarry in (e.g. land)

to obtain (e.g. information) from a source

to dig in or as if in a quarry

the prey or game of a predator or hunter

somebody or something pursued or sought