Definitions for quarrying

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quarrying(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. quarrying(Noun)

    A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quarrying(u)

    of Quarry


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