stone pit

(Mining & Quarrying) a less common name for quarry¹

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stone pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

quarry, pit

chalk pit, chalkpit - a quarry for chalk

excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating

gravel pit - a quarry for gravel

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