quarry
noun
°A site for mining stone, limestone or slate.
"''Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara"
°An animal which is hunted, notably mammal or bird.
verb
°To obtain (mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
"''Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara."
°To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
synonyms: mine, dig, mark, prey more» , target