rock quarry

collocation in English

meaningsofrockandquarry

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rock
noun
uk
/rɒk/us
/rɑːk/
the dry solid part of the earth's surface, or any large piece of this that sticks up out of the ground or ...
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quarry
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒr.i/us
/ˈkwɔːr.i/
a large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. is dug for use as ...
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(Definition ofrockandquarryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He operated arockquarry, and constructed a tavern, a barbershop, a grocery store, and a blacksmith shop.
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Constructed at a cost of $1 million, it took a thousand workmen more than a year to carve the oval out of arockquarry.
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This area also contains a closed landfill, and as of 2006, a hardrockquarrywas proposed for it.
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During this time, the town had two inns, a graniterockquarry, a small carbonated beverage bottler, and various eating institutions.
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He worked at therockquarryin the afternoons and as a library janitor in the evenings.
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Dishman, who operated a nearbyrockquarry, its population was 10,031 at the 2000 census.
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The station is located close to a hillsiderockquarryvisible from the railroad and station.
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It was built on the site of a formerrockquarry, which was purchased for $11,000 in 1925.
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Additionally, the 92nd, maintained supply routes and operated arockquarry.
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Scherr is home to arockquarry, asphalt plant, and a small country store.
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An existingrockquarry, part of the property, was also secured.
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Its peculiar shape was further pronounced as the area was a smallrockquarryin past centuries.
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It is built on the site of a formerrockquarry.
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Wellsville is known for itsrockquarrywhich flanks the highway along with a mostly rural residential community surrounding it.
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The little rock is across the river from big rock, a large bluff at the edge of the river, which was once used as arockquarry.
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The rock quarried was carboniferous mountain limestone which was used for construction and railway ballast.
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Rock quarries and a local pottery industry were also started around this time.
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The workers opened new rock quarries, cut, hauled and planed timber, and donated one day in ten as tithing labor.
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Galbreath built a three-story hotel from rock quarried there.
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The area included rock quarries and abandoned structures form the mining operations.
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