Quarry and Work

Quarry

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

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Work and quarry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Quarry".

Nearby Words: quarrying, quarried

Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Quarry and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quarry" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

old	old quarry	old work
best	best quarry	best work
particular	particular quarry	particular work
usual	usual quarry	usual work
Other adjectives: current, entire, main, final, next, latest, said.

She didn't have much choice anyway — her father refused to let her work in the quarry.

Source: Literature / Princess Academy
In the episode, "Den and Dart", when Den has to work at the Ffarquhar quarry while Mavis is being repaired at the Dieselworks, at one point, he saves Toby from a runaway truck.

Source: OOC Is Serious Business / Western Animation
The Load: For most of the book, Miri thinks she's this because her father has never allowed her to work in the linder quarry.

Source: Literature / Princess Academy

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