quarry

Meanings

• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
  • "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
• animal hunted or caught for food
• extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
  • "quarry marble"

Synonyms

fair game, pit, prey, stone pit, target