quarrymen

Meanings

• noun

  Workers who extract and load rocks, gravel, or mineral ores from a quarry.

  - "The quarrymen worked tirelessly to extract the limestone from the quarry."
  - "The quarrymen used dynamite to blast the rocks apart."

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Variants

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quarryman , quarrymen

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Etymology

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Derived from the Middle English word 'quarre', meaning 'a pit or hole' and '-yman', meaning 'man'.

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Trivia

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1. Quarrymen have been using tools to extract rocks since the Stone Age.

2. The world's largest granite quarry is located in India and covers over 2,000 acres.

3. Quarrymen often use explosives to blast the rocks apart, a process called blasting.

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Related Concepts

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1. Quarrying: The process of extracting rocks, gravel, or mineral ores from the ground.

2. Quarry: A place from which rocks, gravel, or mineral ores are extracted.

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Culture

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Quarrymen have played a significant role in shaping the infrastructure of many civilizations, including the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians. In literature, quarrymen have been portrayed as hardworking laborers in novels such as 'Germinal' by Emile Zola.

How to Memorize "quarrymen"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a group of workers in a quarry, using tools to extract rocks and load them onto trucks.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'quarrymen' with the image of hardworking laborers in a quarry.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase 'Quarrymen are the rocks stars of construction' to help memorize the word.

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