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• quarry — quar‧ry [ˈkwɒri ǁ ˈkwɔː , ˈkwɑː ] noun quarries PLURALFORM [countable] a place where large amounts of stone, sand etc are dug out of the ground: • a granite quarry quarry verb [transitive] : • granite that is quarried in Brazil * * * Ⅰ …   Financial and business terms

• quarry — Ⅰ. quarry [1] ► NOUN (pl. quarries) ▪ an open excavation in the earth s surface from which stone or other materials are extracted. ► VERB (quarries, quarried) 1) extract from a quarry. 2) cut into (rock or ground) to obtain …   English terms dictionary

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• Rock, Cornwall — Rock is a village in Cornwall, England, UK, located at the estuary on the North Eastern bank of the River Camel. Rock is a popular destination for tourists and holidaymakers. The principal attractions are the extensive sandy beach that, at low… …   Wikipedia

• Rock flour — Rock flour, or glacial flour, consists of clay sized particles of rock, generated by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Because the material is very small, it is suspended in river water making the water appear cloudy.… …   Wikipedia

• Rock City, Kansas — Rock City is a park located on hillsides overlooking the Solomon River in Ottawa County, Kansas. It is 3.6 miles south of Minneapolis, Kansas and just over 0.5 mile west of K 106 and the Minneapolis City County Airport on Ivy Road at coor… …   Wikipedia

• Quarry — Quar ry, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carri[ e]re, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See {Quadrate}.] A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rock — [n1] stone bedrock, boulder, cobblestone, crag, crust, earth, gravel, lava, lodge, mass, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, promontory, quarry, reef, rubble, shelf, slab, slag; concepts 470,474,477,478,508,990 rock [n2] foundation anchor, bulwark,… …   New thesaurus

• Rock of Ages Corporation — (nasdaq|ROAC) is a granite quarrying and finishing company located in Graniteville, Vermont. It was founded in 1885. [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=roac Yahoo.com] ] The company was one of the cemetery related businesses profiled in the 2005… …   Wikipedia

• rock|man — «ROK muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a man who splits slate in a quarry. 2. a man who operates a jackhammer. 3. = miner (def. 1). (Cf. ↑miner) …   Useful english dictionary

• Quarry — For other uses, see Quarry (disambiguation). A quarry is a type of open pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap,… …   Wikipedia