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old quarry

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meanings of oldand quarry


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old
adjective
uk /əʊld/ us /oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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quarry
noun
uk /ˈkwɒr.i/ us /ˈkwɔːr.i/
a large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. is dug for use as ...
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Examples of old quarry


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Tipping and landfill of oldquarry sites and the building of sea defences, which covers up coastal sites, are the most common problems.
On visiting another quarry just down the valley it can be seen that it is clearly an oldquarry.
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What, then, is the position of an artificial lake created from an oldquarry?
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Once they have been reviewed, authorities must use their powers to ensure that oldquarry workings are brought up to the right standards and specifications.
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They were old colliers and oldquarry men who were injured in industry before 1948 and received no benefits whatsoever.
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A small terrace of three houses was built on top of an oldquarry.
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He is aware that we have reformed the oldquarry permissions and that considerable progress has been made.
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In the vicinity of the village there is a great rock face 80 to 100 feet high, and there is an oldquarry which is now covered with grass.
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Brandon marsh is an oldquarry site and next to the marsh there is an active quarrying undertaking.
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If a sandy warren or an oldquarry is ignored, one's land will be infested in spite of all the snares, nets and so on which one may use.
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When it comes to the crunch, human beings are more important than a road that skirts an oldquarry, and goes near a golf course and a deserted deer wood.
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The stadium was created in an oldquarry, so it is also known as the "damaria", which means quarry.
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From 1954 to 1960 the oldquarry was used as a landfill.
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A small track leads meanders around the oldquarry, where fossils of ancient marine creatures can still be found.
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On the villages outskirts is an oldquarry where trachyte was once mined.
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About 250 metres to the south is an oldquarry, with a faulted strip of grey oolite.
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The reserve is also a good place to observe sea birds; fulmars nest on the oldquarry cliffs at the north side of the reserve.
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It has been attributed to settling of the stratified and poorly compacted layers of dirt-covered trash now filling the oldquarry.
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The amphitheatre of the oldquarry pit has in the past been used as an outdoor music venue, especially during the late 1990s.
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