Synonyms of quarries

quarries 1 of 2

noun

plural of quarry

as in prey

an animal that is hunted or killed

a hunter relentlessly tracking his quarry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prey
• creatures
• games
• chases
• victims
• beasts
• targets
• brutes
• kills
• critters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• predators
• hunters
• murderers
• carnivores
• killers
• pursuers
• chasers

quarries

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verb

present tense third-person singular of quarry

as in mines

Related Words

• mines
• scoops
• delves
• dredges
• burrows
• spades
• claws
• excavates
• shovels
• digs in
• grubs
• digs

Dissimilar Words

• fills (in)
• smooths (out or over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of quarries

Noun

Front Beach is close enough to downtown for an easy swim between meals, while Halibut Point State Park, a short drive away, trades village charm for granite quarries. — Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

Outdoor lovers can explore Monroe Lake, Hoosier National Forest, historic limestone quarries, and year-round festivals just an hour from Indianapolis. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Kansas Citians used sandbags, broken concrete, mounds of dirt and rocks from local quarries, and junked cars to shore up the levees protecting Municipal Airport and North Kansas City. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Since Dylan’s death in 2011, hundreds more children in the UK have drowned seeking relief from scorching temperatures in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and quarries. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

The rock treasures here range from the Andy Warhol Factory (Nico’s 1967 Chelsea Girls) to Midwestern quarries (Slint’s 1991 Spiderland). — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026

Common to lakes, rivers, and blue holes in Texas Hill Country and Central Texas, clearer, bluer waters can most often be attributed to the abundance of natural deposits and quarries of limestone that are native to the area. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

Throughout the nineteenth century, American sculptors flocked to the Eternal City to be closer to the source—to the abundance of antiquities but also to the Apuan Alps in the north, with their marble quarries. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026