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Meanings of quarry in inglês

russo
карьер
português
pedreira
espanhol
cantera
catalão
pedrera
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Place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate etc. has been excavated from the ground.

pedreira
português
pedreiras
catalão
pedrera
espanhol
cantera

A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.

pedreiras
português
presa
catalão
presa
espanhol
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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Examples for "quarry stone"
Examples for "quarry stone"
1
He needed us to plough his fields and quarry stone for his castles.
Siege of heaven
2
It requires the application of more than ordinary intelligence and skill to quarry stone, even of this character.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
3
And here all I have to give you is the rights to quarry stone in Numidia...
Daughters of the Nile
4
Far, far beyond what you'd expect people to manage with just quarry stone and trees and a few steel knives, you know.
Gods of Risk
5
We are busy now in building a fort of good quarry stone, which is to be found not far from here in abundance.
Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664
Usage of quarry in inglês
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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Translations for quarry
espanhol
canterapresa
Quarry through the time
Quarry across language varieties
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