Word: quarry

Category: quarry

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Synonyms: quarry

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Translations: quarry

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spanish
Translations:
cantera
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german
Translations:
bruchsteinmauerwerk, wild, beute, opfer, jagdbeute, steinbruch
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french
Translations:
carrière, extraire, capture, dépouille, proie, butin, trophée
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italian
Translations:
preda, cava
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portuguese
Translations:
pedreiras
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dutch
Translations:
buit, prooi, steengroeve, vangst
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russian
Translations:
добыча, карьер, добывать, рыться, каменоломня
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norwegian
Translations:
steinbrudd, bytte, rov
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swedish
Translations:
byte, rov
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finnish
Translations:
monttu, sorakuoppa, avolouhos, kaivanne, saalis, louhos
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danish
Translations:
stenbrud
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czech
Translations:
lom, těžit, dobývat, kutat, úlovek, kamenolom, kořist
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polish
Translations:
pastwa, kamieniołom, łup, zdobycz, wydobywać
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hungarian
Translations:
konc
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greek
Translations:
νταμάρι
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ukrainian
Translations:
кар'єри
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bulgarian
Translations:
каменоломна, кариера
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estonian
Translations:
kivimurd, saak
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croatian
Translations:
plijen, predodređena, ulov, divljač, kamenolom
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lithuanian
Translations:
grobis, auka, skaldykla, karjeras
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latvian
Translations:
karjers, upuris, laupījums, akmeņlauztuves
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macedonian
Translations:
каменоломот
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romanian
Translations:
pradă
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slovenian
Translations:
lom
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slovak
Translations:
lom

The meaning and "use of": quarry

noun
  • a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. - The materials extracted from the quarries - used widely in the local building industry - contained large quantities of fibrous amphiboles.
  • an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey. - Moreover, hunting is not a natural encounter between predator and quarry because, unlike animals, humans are responsible for their actions.
  • a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. - Amongst fragments set into the background of a fifteenth-century panel depicting St Mary Magdalen in the east chancel window are quarries with fragments of the Lovell rebus.
verb
  • extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry. - As part of these efforts, prisoners dug sand for mortar, quarried building stone and mortar lime, and manufactured more than 1.2 million bricks.

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