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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

quarry

noun

Definition

a place where stone is dug from the earth

In a sentence

The marble came from a quarry near here.

Similar words

  • pit
  • mine

Related vocabulary

Why this word matters: quarry appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.