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quarry   (TTS Sound)

The noun quarry has 3 senses

• prey, quarry, target, fair game -- (a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt")


• pit, quarry, stone pit -- (a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'")


• prey, quarry -- (animal hunted or caught for food)

The verb quarry has 1 sense

• quarry -- (extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble")