quarrying

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The process or industry of extracting building stone, slate, or other materials from an open surface quarry.

• 🇩🇪Das Gewinnen von Steinen, Schiefer oder anderen Materialien aus einem Tagebau oder Steinbruch; auch der entsprechende Wirtschaftszweig.

1. Extraction of stone or slate B2 formal

   The process of extracting building stone, slate, or other materials from an open surface quarry.

   • Quarrying for limestone has been a major industry in this region for centuries.
   • Modern quarrying techniques use heavy machinery to extract large blocks of stone.
   • The environmental impact of quarrying is carefully assessed before operations begin.

   🇩🇪Gewinnung von Stein oder Schiefer

• quarryings plural form
• quarryings' possessive plural form
• quarrying's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of extracting stone, minerals, or other materials from a quarry, or figuratively, to search for or extract information or resources.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das das Gewinnen von Stein, Mineralien oder anderen Materialien aus einem Steinbruch bezeichnet oder im übertragenen Sinn das (mühsame) Suchen und Zusammentragen von Informationen oder Ressourcen.

1. Extract stone or minerals B2 formal

   To extract stone, slate, or other materials from a quarry.

   • The company quarries limestone for construction.
   • They have been quarrying marble from this mountain for decades.
   • The workers quarry granite to make countertops.

   🇩🇪Stein oder Mineralien abbauen

   Synonyme: delvedigdig outexcavateextractmine

2. Search or extract information B2 informal

   To search for or extract information or data from a source.

   • The journalist quarried the archives for historical facts.
   • He quarried the internet for details about the event.
   • Researchers quarry data from various databases for their study.

   🇩🇪Informationen beschaffen

   Synonyme: culldelvedigextractgleanharvestminesearchsift

• quarried past participle
• quarried past simple
• quarrying present participle
• quarries third person singular