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(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry. / (figuratively, transitive) To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

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quarry

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Source Word

quarry

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkwɒɹ.i/

Verb

transitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

採石する。採石場などから石を採取すること。 / （比喩的に）長い探求や丹念な調査を通じて、ゆっくりと得る、または見つけ出すこと。

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The company plans to quarry granite near the river to supply the city's construction projects.

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その会社は都市の建設工事に供給するため、川の近くで花崗岩を採石する計画を立てている。

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(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

The incloſing of this country might alſo be effected, were the landlord to quarry the ſtones, and build the walls at his expence, and the tenant to carry the materials, and pay intereſt for the money advanced by the landlord.

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