quarrying

English Thesaurus

1. the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry (noun.act)

hypernym	:	production,
definition	:	(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale (noun.act)

domain member category	:	quarry,
definition	:	extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	quarry,
definition	:	extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	quarry,
definition	:	extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry (verb.consumption)