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Meanings of quarry in English

Russian
карьер
Portuguese
pedreira
Spanish
cantera
Catalan
pedrera
Wikidata

Place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate etc. has been excavated from the ground.

        карьер
        Portuguese
        pedreiras
        Catalan
        pedrera
        Spanish
        cantera

        A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.

              pedreiras
              Portuguese
              presa
              Catalan
              presa
              Spanish
              presa

              A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence.

                    presa

                    Color of quarry stone.

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                          Usage of quarry in English
                          1
                          The men in the stone-quarry were the strongest men in the world.
                          Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
                          2
                          She will obviously have to wait, however, until the quarry is empty.
                          Those who save us
                          3
                          He is run away in fear to hide in the Barrington quarry.
                          The Sleuth of St. James's Square
                          4
                          He said that Sunway owns 12 businesses ranging from quarry to property.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          I want to see the effects of the explosive on the quarry.
                          The Face and the Mask
                          6
                          The best stone, from the quarry where Aaron and his father worked.
                          Surrender to the will of the night
                          7
                          Ruth traps the squirrels and sets them free in a nearby quarry.
                          The new yorker
                          8
                          I found a very fine haystack in a field overlooking the quarry.
                          Parnassus on Wheels
                          9
                          Still the citizens pressed in around their true quarry, which was Zed.
                          Mister Slaughter
                          10
                          But later they made another tiger-spring for their quarry in the courts.
                          Whirligigs
                          11
                          The latter crept away and followed, gradually closing in upon his quarry.
                          In the Days of Poor Richard
                          12
                          Here gather the eagles to the feast, for the quarry is defenceless.
                          The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays / 1909
                          13
                          The note rose and fell as she circled somewhere behind the quarry.
                          Earth Abides
                          14
                          The dog had left him and was gone round into the quarry.
                          A Life's Morning
                          15
                          They go to the quarry and back on the hand car daily.
                          Bart Stirling's Road to Success; Or, The Young Express Agent
                          16
                          His eyes are sensitive after years of work in a limestone quarry.
                          The Guardian
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