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quarry-faced

quarry-faced adjective: having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point.

Adjective

quarry-faced (not comparable)

  1. Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point.

Questions about quarry-faced

What does quarry-faced mean?
Quarry-faced means having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point.
What part of speech is quarry-faced?
Quarry-faced is an adjective.

Words near quarry-faced in the dictionary

  1. quarry light
  2. quarry lights
  3. quarry tile
  4. quarry tiles
  5. quarry water
  6. quarry-faced
  7. quarryable
  8. quarrying
  9. quarryings
  10. quarrylike
  11. quarryman

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