Meaning of Quarrying | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The extraction of material from a quarry.
   countable, uncountable
2. A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782.”

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