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Showing words for QUARRYING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Quarrying

quarrying

7 Letter Words for Quarrying

quaying, quinary, urinary

6 Letter Words for Quarrying

grainy, guarri, gynura, quarry, raring, raying, runrig, ugrian, yanqui

5 Letter Words for Quarrying

agrin, angry, anury, argin, aurin, aurir, garni, gauri, girny, girru, gnarr, grain, guary, gurry, nairu, nairy, nigra, nigua, nurry, qiang, quair, quina, quira, quran, rainy, rangy, ringy, ruing, unary, unray, unrig, urari

4 Letter Words for Quarrying

agin, agni, ainu, airn, airy, anyu, arni, arri, arui, ayin, gain, gair, gari, garn, gary, gaun, gaur, girn, girr, gnar, gran, gray, grin, grun, guan, guar, guna, gurn, gurr, gyri, inga, iran, iraq, iyar, nagi, naig, narr, nary, naur, ngai, nurr, quag, quai, quan, quar, quay, quia, quin, ragi, rain, rang, raun, riga, ring, ruga, ruin, rung, uang, unai, uran, uria, urna, yagi, yair, yang, yarn, yarr, yirn, yirr, yuan, yuga

3 Letter Words for Quarrying

agr, agy, ain, air, anu, any, arg, arn, arr, aru, ary, aug, ayr, ayu, gan, gar, gau, gay, gin, gnu, gra, grr, gry, gui, gun, gur, guy, gyn, ign, ing, ira, nag, nar, nay, nig, nur, qua, qui, rag, rai, ran, ray, ria, rig, rin, rna, rug, run, rya, una, ung, uni, unq, ura, urn, yag, yan, yar, yin, yug

Definitions for Quarrying

[1] an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
[2] an abundant source or supply.
[3] to obtain (stone) from or as if from a quarry.
[4] to make a quarry in.
[5] an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, slate, marble, etc, by drilling, blasting, or cutting
[6] a copious source of something, esp information
[7] to extract (stone, slate, etc) from or as if from a quarry
[8] (tr) to excavate a quarry in
[9] to obtain (something, esp information) diligently and laboriously he was quarrying away in the reference library
[10] an animal, bird, or fish that is hunted, esp by other animals; prey
[11] anything pursued or hunted
[12] a square or diamond shape
[13] something having this shape
[14] another word for quarrel 2

Words related to Quarrying

quarrydrilling, unearth, shovel, extract, excavate, drill, search, dredge, discover, penetrate, exhume, bulldoze, scoop, sift, burrow, clean, enter, uncover, bore, gouge

Words nearby Quarrying

quarryquarnero, quarrel, quarrelsome, quarrian, quarrier, quarry, quarry tile, quarry-faced, quarryman, quart, quart major

Origin of Quarrying

11375–1425; Middle English quarey (noun) < Medieval Latin quareia, variant of quareria < Old French quarriere < Vulgar Latin *quadrāria place where stone is squared, derivative of Latin quadrāre to square

Words that may be confused with Quarrying

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, quarryquarry, query

Other words from Quarrying

quar·ri·a·ble , quar·ry·a·ble , adjective
un·quar·ried , adjective

Word origin for Quarrying

C16: from Old French quarré; see quarrel ²

Synonyms for Quarrying

drilling, boring, burrowing, digging, hollowing, pitting, prospecting, scooping, tapping, tunneling, unearthing