Quarrying Definitions

Useful Words

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Pit : گڑھا , Breaker : توڑنے والا , Capstone : منڈیر , Activating Agent : متحرک کرنے والا کیمیاء , Buttress : پشتہ , Atrium : صحن , Lithography : سنگی چھپائی , Ducks And Drakes : وہ کھیل جس میں کھڑے پانی پر پتھر پھینکتے ہیں , Caaba : کعبہ , Lithograph : پتھر پر چھاپائی , Hand Ax : چھوٹی کلہاڑی , Hopscotch : پیلدوج , Secateurs : ایک قسم کا اوزار , Muller : کوٹنے والا اوزار , Quarrier : کان کن , Quarry : معین پتھر یا ٹائل , Ambush : تاک میں رہنا , Radical Sign : ایک علامت ریاضی , Irish : آئرلینڈ کے لوگوں سے متعلق , Exodontia : طب الاسنان کا شعبہ جو دانت نکالنے سے متعلق ہوتا ہے , Toothless : پوپلا , Metallurgical Engineer : دھات صاف کرنے والا ماہر , Coot : مرغابی نما پرندہ , Local Anaesthesia : جسم کے کسی حصے کا سن کرنے کا عمل , Compound Fracture : وہ فریکچر جس میں ہڈی ٹوٹ کر گوشت سے باہر آجاتی ہے , Coat : کسی چیز پر تہ لگانا , Epilithic : پتھر یا چٹان پر اگنے والا , Urolith : مثانے کی پتھری , Lapidify : پتھر بن جانا , Cutter : سنگ تراش , Hearthstone : آتش دان کے پتھر

Useful Words Definitions

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Pit: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.

Breaker: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.

Capstone: a stone that forms the top of wall or building.

Activating Agent: (mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral.

Buttress: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.

Atrium: the central area in a building; open to the sky.

Lithography: a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface.

Ducks And Drakes: a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water.

Caaba: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.

Lithograph: duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern.

Hand Ax: a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping.

Hopscotch: a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone.

Secateurs: small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface.

Muller: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.

Quarrier: a man who works in a quarry.

Quarry: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.

Ambush: hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing.

Radical Sign: a sign indicating the extraction of a root.

Irish: people of Ireland or of Irish extraction.

Exodontia: the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.

Toothless: lacking teeth, typically due to natural factors or extraction.

Metallurgical Engineer: an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals.

Coot: slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks.

Local Anaesthesia: loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction).

Compound Fracture: A "compound fracture" occurs when a broken bone penetrates the skin, resulting in an open wound. This condition is also referred to as an open fracture.

Coat: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.

Epilithic: growing on stone.

Urolith: a urinary stone.

Lapidify: change into stone.

Cutter: someone who cuts or carves stone.

Hearthstone: a stone that forms a hearth.