quarrying

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

• 🇪🇸Proceso o industria de extracción de piedra de construcción, pizarra u otros materiales de una cantera a cielo abierto.

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.

   🇪🇸Extracción de piedra o pizarra en cantera

• 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.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que designa la acción de extraer piedra, minerales u otros materiales de una cantera, o en sentido figurado, buscar u obtener información o recursos.

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.

   🇪🇸Extraer piedra o minerales

   Sinónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸Extraer información

   Sinónimos: culldelvedigextractgleanharvestminesearchsift

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