Antonyms for quarried

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kwawr-ee, kwor-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr i, ˈkwɒr i

Definition of quarried

Origin : "what is hunted," early 14c., quirre "entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward," from Anglo-French quirreie, Old French cuiriee "the spoil, quarry" (Modern French curée), altered (by influence of Old French cuir "skin," from Latin corium "hide"), from Old French corée "viscera, entrails," from Vulgar Latin *corata "entrails," from Latin cor "heart" (see heart). Sense of "anything chased in hunt" is first recorded 1610s; earlier "bird targeted by a hawk or other raptor" (late 15c.).

As in mine : verb dig up
As in dig : verb delve into; hollow out
As in excavate : verb dig up

Example sentences :

The Derbyshire marbles are quarried all about, and mosaic manufacture is carried on.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

Here, too, the granite for building the country's defences and docks is quarried.
Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson

The bulk of the quarried stone has the colour and greasy look of raw pork.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

Fire, chisel, and hammer at work on these three rocks; but, they are all quarried first.
Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller

The cell is formed of four quarried blocks, which are laid one over the other.
Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson

At their feet fell the precipice where the limestone was quarried away.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

Imagination was the tool with which he digged and quarried his foundations.
Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis

They sought no quarried blocks of syenite or granite for their work.
Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various

It has a fine grain, and is easily worked; it was quarried in the vicinity of Nocera.
Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau

The lava, which came originally from Vesuvius, was quarried 36 at Pompeii.
Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau

Synonyms for quarried

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