A quarry is a big hole in the ground where people take stones or minerals. It is used to get things for building or other work.
They work in a large stone quarry.
The quarry provides material for building houses.
Quarry can mean an animal or bird that someone is trying to catch or hunt. It is the target of a chase or hunt.
The falcon caught its quarry in the sky.
The hunter tracked the quarry in the forest.
As a verb, quarry means to dig or take things like stone or minerals from a place. It usually means working in a quarry.
They quarry stone for the new building.
Workers quarry rocks for road construction.
Quarry can mean a person or object someone is trying to find or catch. It is the goal of a search or chase.
The police caught their quarry quickly.
He was the quarry in the detective's case.
Quarry in architecture means a pattern, often made from shapes like diamonds. It is seen on walls or floors as a decoration.
The wall had a quarry pattern design.
Quarrying patterns are used in old buildings.
