Plural of quarry

Forms of quarry

Quarries in a sentence

• Today the extractive industry utilizes sand and gravel reserves and quarries stone in Wingdale.2008, Donna P. Hearn, “The Iron and Marble Industries”, in Dover (Images of America), Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 77
• They will be guided and inspired by such utterance as Parrington's diagnosis of Sinclair Lewis, where he quarries out a vein of his own enduring liberalism.1927, Vernon Louis Parrington, The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America: 1860–1920 (Main Currents in American Thought; III), New York...
• All the objects left in or near the quarries are unfinished roughcasts.1986, Pierre Vérin, The History of Civilisation in North Madagascar, page 280. From the entry roughcast
• The Cromford & High Peak was one of Britain's oldest railways, giving access to the stone quarries of the Peak District.2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Cromford & High Peak”, in RAIL, number 974, page 48. From the entry stationary engine
• Down at Vinalhaven, Me., which has just been celebrating its sesquicentennial, they used to use what they called a "galamander" to carry heavy stones from the granite quarries.1939 July 10, “Odd items from everywhere”, in The Boston Globe, volume CXXXVI, number 10, Boston, Mass.: The Globe Newspaper Co., →ISSN…. From the entry galamander

Meaning of quarry

1. noun A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
2. verb To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
3. verb To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

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Questions about the plural of quarry

What is the plural of quarry?

The plural of quarry is quarries.

Is quarry countable?

Quarry is a countable noun.