| NOUN | artifact | stone pit, pit, quarry | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate |
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| Meaning | A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate. | |
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| Example | "a British term for 'quarry' is 'stone pit'" | |
| Synonyms | pit, quarry | |
| Narrower | chalkpit, chalk pit | A quarry for chalk |
| gravel pit | A quarry for gravel | |
| Broader | excavation | A hole in the ground made by excavating |
| Spanish | cantera | |
| Catalan | cantera, pedrera | |
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