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quarry

 
 
/ˈkwɒri/ noun [C]

Translation

a place where stone is dug out of a large hole in the ground
taş ocağı
a marble quarry266
quarry verb [T] to dig stone out of a quarry
taş ocağında taş çıkarmak
1363
(Definition of quarry noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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