nnoun.actthe extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarryDerivationally Related Form:quarry
Hypernyms:production
Inherited Hypernyms:quarryingproductionindustrycommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:quarryingproductionindustrycommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.consumptionextract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarryTopic:quarrying
Derivationally Related Form:quarryingquarrierquarry
Hypernyms:exploit tap
Inherited Hypernyms:quarryexploituse
Entailment:cut into delve dig turn over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The men --- for animals in the area (apply to: quarry) | The men --- the area for animals (apply to: quarry)