quarried

Meanings

• verb

  Extracted from the ground or a quarry by mining and processing.

  - "The limestone is quarried from the mountain and used to build roads."
  - "The granite for the monument was quarried from a quarry in Vermont."

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Synonyms

dig , dig up , unearth , mine

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with quarried
hired , tired , wired

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Variants

List of all variants of quarried that leads to same result
quarried , quarries , quarry , quarrying

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meaning 'to dig' or 'to hollow out', the term 'quarried' comes from the Old French 'quarrier' and the Latin 'quarrire', meaning 'to separate' or 'to split'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest granite quarry in the world is located in India and covers an area of over 2,500 acres.

2. Quarrying was an important industry during the Roman Empire, and many of their buildings were constructed using quarried stone.

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Related Concepts

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1. Mining: The extraction of valuable resources from the earth, including minerals, coal, and natural gas.

2. Quarry: A site where natural stone is extracted from the ground.

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Culture

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Quarrying has been an essential human activity since ancient times, with evidence of quarrying dating back to the Neolithic period. Quarried materials have been used for various purposes, including construction, art, and industry.

How to Memorize "quarried"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large hole in the ground where stone or other minerals are extracted.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'quarried' with the image of a quarry or a mine.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'quarried' starts with the same letter as 'quarry'.

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