quarry

Noun

• animal hunted or caught for food

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
  • a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
    

• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
  • he fell prey to muggers
    
  • everyone was fair game
    
  • the target of a manhunt
    

Verb

• extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
  • quarry marble
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  prey , pit , stone pit , target , fair game