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Wat (wie) is QUARRIES - definitie

PLACE FROM WHICH DIMENSION STONE, ROCK, CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATE ETC. HAS BEEN EXCAVATED FROM THE GROUND
Quarrying; Quarry and Quarrying; Stone quarry; Quarried; Quarrys; Quarryman; Marble quarry; Quary; Quarries; Stone pit; Quarry process; Super quarry; Superquarry; Rock quarry; Rock quarries; Stone quarries
  • [[Matera]] quarry in [[Basilicata]], Italy
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  • Donnerkuhle Quarry, near Hagen, Germany
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  • A [[Portland stone]] quarry on the [[Isle of Portland]], England
  • Prospect Quarry gap]] in [[Sydney]], Australia
  • An abandoned [[construction aggregate]] quarry near [[Adelaide]], South Australia

Quarries         
·pl of Quarry.
quarry         
(quarries, quarrying, quarried)
1.
A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or the side of a mountain in order to get stone or minerals.
...an old limestone quarry.
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2.
When stone or minerals are quarried or when an area is quarried for them, they are removed from the area by digging, drilling, or using explosives.
The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement.
...locally quarried stone.
VERB: be V-ed, V-ed
quarrying
Farming, quarrying and other local industries have declined.
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3.
A person's or animal's quarry is the person or animal that they are hunting.
N-SING
Quarried         
·adj Provided with prey.
II. Quarried ·Impf & ·p.p. of Quarry.

Wikipedia

Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact.

The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.

Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor QUARRIES
1. TV pictures showed several trucks carrying material from the quarries.
2. MARKOUPOULO QUARRIES Sioufas says he cannot stop digging Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas said yesterday that prefectures and regional authorities have the responsibility to shut down quarries that are operating illegally, not his ministry.
3. Local officials, however, have so far been dodging the responsibility of shutting down the quarries.
4. The aqueduct predates activities in the quarry, since the quarries run across the aqueduct‘s trench.
5. Her subjects ranged from suburban shops to churches and a series of limestone quarries in Staffordshire.