quarry

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(kwôr'ē, kwŏr'ē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ries.
    1. A hunted animal; prey.
    2. Hunted animals considered as a group; game.
  1. An object of pursuit: The police lost their quarry in the crowd.

[Middle English querre, entrails of a deer given to hounds as a reward, from Old French cuiriee, alteration (influenced by cuir, skin) of coree, from Vulgar Latin *corāta, viscera, from Latin cor, heart.]


quar·ry2 (kwôr'ē, kwŏr'ē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ries.
  1. An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.
  2. A rich or productive source: found the book an indispensable quarry of information.
tr.v., -ried, -ry·ing, -ries.
  1. To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.
  2. To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching: finally quarried out the genealogy from hundreds of sources.
  3. To use (land) as a quarry.

[Middle English quarey, from Medieval Latin quareria, quareia, alteration of Old French quarriere, from *quarre, cut stone, from Latin quadrum, square.]

quarrier quar'ri·er n.

quar·ry3 (kwôr'ē, kwŏr'ē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ries.
  1. A square or diamond shape.
  2. A pane of glass having this shape.

[Variant of QUARREL2.]



1. An open excavation at the earth’s surface from which building stone is extracted.
2. Same as quarry glass.



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Extraction pits, worked exposures, mines, and other kinds of working areas where natural substances and raw materials such as stone, flint, or metal ores were obtained.

quarrying, open, or surface, excavation of rock used for various purposes, including construction, ornamentation, road building, and as an industrial raw material. Rock that has been quarried is commonly called stone. Quarrying methods depend chiefly on the desired size and shape of the stone and its physical characteristics. For industrial use (e.g., limestone for preparing cement), as the aggregate in concrete, or for road beds, the rock is shattered. Explosives are detonated in a series of holes drilled in the rock in a pattern designed to yield the greatest amount of fracturing. The rock fragments may be further reduced in crushing machines and sorted according to size by screening. For building stone, rocks that do not shatter are separated by blasting; for softer rocks or when explosives cannot be used (e.g., because they would disturb adjacent workings), a process known as broaching, or channeling, is used. In this process a line of holes is drilled perpendicular to the joints or cleavage planes of a formation; wedges are inserted into the holes and hammered until the stone splits off. This method was probably used in ancient times, notably by the Incas and the Egyptians. Much quarrying of ornamental stone today is done by using pneumatically operated channelers. After the vertical cuts have been made, gadding machines (working on the same principle) are used to make horizontal cuts. Wedges are then used to split off the long blocks, which are subdivided and removed. Wire saws are also used; these consist of several pulleys over which passes an endless steel wire. Holes are drilled in the rock, each hole being made large enough to accommodate a pulley and the shaft to which it is attached. The wire, extending from one pulley to another, presses down against the rock between them. As the cut is deepened by the constantly moving wire the pulleys are continuously lowered into the holes.


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Portland stone quarry on the Isle of Portland, England
Delabole Slate Quarry, Delabole, Cornwall, England
An abandoned limestone quarry
View of small cinder quarry on the lower north slope of Mauna Kea, Island of Hawai‘i

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement for large amounts of aggregate in those materials. The word quarry can include underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.

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Problems

Quarries in level areas with shallow groundwater or which are located close to surface water often have engineering problems with drainage. Generally the water is removed by pumping while the quarry is operational, but for high inflows more complex approaches may be required. For example, the Coquina quarry is excavated to more than 60 feet (18 m) below sea level. To reduce surface leakage, a moat lined with clay was constructed around the entire quarry. Ground water entering the pit is pumped up into the moat. As a quarry becomes deeper water inflows generally increase and it also becomes more expensive to lift the water higher during removal - this can become the limiting factor in quarry depth. Some water-filled quarries are worked from beneath the water, by dredging.

Many people and municipalities consider quarries to be eyesores and require various abatement methods to address problems with noise, dust, and appearance. One of the more effective and famous examples of successful quarry restoration is Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Many quarries naturally fill with water after abandonment and become lakes. Others are made into landfills.

A further problem is the pollution of the road from trucks when they are leaving the quarries. To control and eliminate the pollution of public roads wheel washing systems are becoming more common.

Quarry swimming

Water-filled quarries can be very deep with water, often 50 feet or more, that is often surprisingly cold. Unexpectedly cold water can cause a swimmer's muscles to suddenly weaken; it can also cause shock and even hypothermia.[1] Though quarry water is often very clear, submerged quarry stones and abandoned equipment make diving into these quarries extremely dangerous. Several people drown in quarries each year.[2][3] However, many inactive quarries are converted into safe swimming sites.

Types of rock

Types of rock extracted from quarries include:

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - vildt, fangst, byttedyr

2.
n. - udgravning, stenbrud
v. tr. - udgrave, bryde, granske

3.
n. - (rombeformet) glasrude

Nederlands (Dutch)
delven, napluizen (in bronnen), afgraving, steengroeve, ruitvormige glasplaat/tegel, prooi, informatiebron

Français (French)
1.
n. - gibier, proie

2.
n. - carrière
v. tr. - extraire

3.
n. - carreau de verre (en forme de losange)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Beute

2.
n. - Steinbruch, Fundgrube
v. - fördern, brechen, herumstöbern

3.
n. - Quaderstein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λατομείο (κν. νταμάρι), (μτφ.) πλούσια πηγή, θήραμα, λεία, κυνήγι
v. - ψάχνω, αντλώ, λατομώ, εξορύσσω (σε λατομείο)

Italiano (Italian)
estrarre, cavare fuori, ricavare, cava, bottino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pedreira (f), fonte de informação (f) (fig.), caça (f), vidraça (f)
v. - extrair pedras, buscar informações

Русский (Russian)
разрабатывать карьер, карьер, добыча, каменоломня, преследуемый

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - presa

2.
n. - cantera, mina
v. tr. - extraer, sacar

3.
n. - vidrio o teja en forma de rombo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stenbrott, kunskapskälla, guldgruva (bildl.)
v. - bryta (sten), leta/gräva fram, forska, gräva (bildl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 猎物, 被追逐的目标

2. 石场, 丰富源泉, 露天矿场, 来源, 从采石场采得, 从努力发掘

3. 方形玻璃, 菱形玻璃, 方形石, 菱形石

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 獵物, 被追逐的目標

2.
n. - 石場, 豐富源泉, 露天礦場, 來源
v. tr. - 從採石場採得, 從努力發掘

3.
n. - 方形玻璃, 菱形玻璃, 方形石, 菱形石

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 사냥물, 먹이, 추구의 목적

2.
n. - 채석장, 원천, 출처
v. tr. - 채석하다, ~에 채석장을 내다, (찾으려고)더듬거리다

3.
n. - 네모(마름모)의 유리판, 사각형 타일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 獲物, 追求されるもの, 石切場, 石切り場, 採石場, 源泉, 出所
v. - 切り出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مقلع, محجر, لعب المطاردة, فريسه المطاردة, نوع من السهم ذي رأس, مربع, حجر مربع (فعل) يحتجر, يتفحص, يطارد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיה נרדפת, טרף‬
n. - ‮מחצבה, מאגר/מקור מידע‬
v. tr. - ‮נבר, חיפש, חצב‬
n. - ‮שמשה מעויינת, אריח רצפה לא מזוגג‬


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