Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarrying

/kwˈɔɹiɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
quar-ry-ing
IPA
/kwˈɔɹiɪŋ/
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of quarry

noun

The extraction of material from a quarry.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.

Countable; Uncountable

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How do you pronounce quarrying?
The recorded pronunciation is /kwˈɔɹiɪŋ/.
What does quarrying mean?
present participle and gerund of quarry

How to pronounce quarrying

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