Cut and Quarry

Cut

Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).

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Quarry and cut are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quarry" instead the word "Cut" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: cutting, cutter, cutout

Quarry verb - Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.

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Cut and quarry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cut" instead the word "Quarry" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: quarrying, quarried

preferred	preferred cut	preferred quarry
old	old cut	old quarry
full	full cut	full quarry
best	best cut	best quarry
Other adjectives: long, small, next.

In The Pillars of the Earth, a monk tries to persuade a group of soldiers to allow workers to return to a quarry to cut stones for a cathedral.

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