Quarry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations

English

Noun

'quarry (plural quarries)

1. a site for mining stone
2. hunted prey

Translations

• French: carrière f (1), proie f (2)
• German: Steinbruch m (1), Beute f (2)
• Italian: cava di pietra
• Romanian: carieră f (1), vânat n (2)
• Welsh: cloddfa f

Verb

to quarry

1. to extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching

   She has quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.

Translations

• German: ausgraben (1)

et:quarry fr:quarry it:quarry zh:quarry