Definition of quarry

"quarry" in the noun sense

1. prey, quarry, target, fair game

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

"he fell prey to muggers"

"everyone was fair game"

"the target of a manhunt"

2. pit, quarry, stone pit

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

"a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

3. prey, quarry

animal hunted or caught for food

"quarry" in the verb sense

1. quarry

extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

"quarry marble"

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Quotations for quarry

All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pickaxe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed with the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are leveled and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. [ Dr. Johnson ]

quarry in Scrabble®

The word quarry is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters quarry:

QUARRY
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word quarry

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quarry in Words With Friends™

The word quarry is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters quarry:

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The 150 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In quarry

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Words within the letters of quarry

2 letter words in quarry (3 words)

3 letter words in quarry (3 words)

4 letter words in quarry (1 word)

6 letter words in quarry (1 word)

Words containing the sequence quarry

Words that start with quarry (6 words)

Words with quarry in them (1 word)

Words that end with quarry (1 word)

Word Growth involving quarry

Shorter words in quarry

ar

qua

Longer words containing quarry

quarrying

quarryman

quarrymaster quarrymasters

quarrymen