Definition of "quarry" []

• A hunted animal; prey. (noun)
• Hunted animals considered as a group; game. (noun)
• An object of pursuit: The police lost their quarry in the crowd. (noun)
• An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting. (noun)
• A rich or productive source: found the book an indispensable quarry of information. (noun)

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• "The base of the quarry is the only flat part of the site and this is used for car access and the entrance to the house."
• "Their quarry is a U.N. aide worker named Marion Dupuis who has suddenly disappeared from her assignment in war-torn Africa."
• "Hunting, no matter the quarry is what you make it."