QUARRYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quarrying mean? 

• QUARRYING (noun)
  The noun QUARRYING has 1 sense:

1. the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry

  Familiarity information: QUARRYING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUARRYING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("quarrying" is a kind of...):

production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)

Domain member category:

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

Derivation:

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