quarry

/kwˈɔɹi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
   “he fell prey to muggers”
2. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
   “a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'”
3. animal hunted or caught for food

verb

1. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
   “quarry marble”

Synonyms for quarry

• prey
• target
• fair game
• pit
• stone pit

Words that rhyme with quarry

• inventory
• story
• discriminatory
• glory
• repertory
• allegory
• ambulatory
• depilatory
• dory
• hoary
• lavatory
• mandatory
• predatory
• repository
• territory
• admonitory
• category
• circulatory
• conciliatory
• dormitory
• gory
• inflammatory
• interrogatory
• laboratory
• lorry
• migratory
• obligatory
• observatory
• purgatory
• reformatory