quarrying

incontável

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

• 🇵🇹Processo ou atividade de extração de pedra para construção, ardósia ou outros materiais de uma pedreira a céu aberto. Também se refere ao setor ou indústria que realiza essa atividade.

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.

   🇵🇹Extração de pedra ou ardósia

• 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 usado para designar a ação de extrair pedra, minerais ou outros materiais de uma pedreira, ou, em sentido figurado, buscar ou extrair informações ou 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.

   🇵🇹Extrair pedra ou minerais

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Extrair informações

   Sinônimos: culldelvedigextractgleanharvestminesearchsift

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