quarry

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, from (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from  (compare modern French ), from , from , itself from , from , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَقْلَع
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝtonejo, ŝtonminejo
 * Estonian: karjäär, murd
 * Faroese: grótbrot
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, pedreira
 * Georgian: ქვის სამტეხლო, კარიერი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: λιθοτομία, λατομία, μέταλλον
 * Hebrew: מַחְצָבָה
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: grjótnáma
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cairéal
 * Italian: cava di pietra,
 * Kazakh: тас қашалған орын
 * Korean: 채석장
 * Latin: lapicīdīnae
 * Latvian: akmeņlauztuve
 * Luxembourgish: Broch
 * Macedonian: каменоло́м
 * Malay: kuari
 * Maori: rua kerikeri, rua kerikeri kōwhatu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: steinbrudd
 * Nynorsk: steinbrot
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: kameňolom
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:,  , skifferbrott ,
 * Tagalog: tibagan
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: каменоло́мня,
 * Vietnamese: mỏ đá
 * Welsh: cloddfa,

Verb

 * 1)  To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
 * 2)  To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
 * 1)  To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
 * 1)  To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
 * 1)  To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
 * 1)  To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Irish: cairéalaigh
 * Maori: kerikeri kōwhatu, tākongakonga
 * Persian:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:

Etymology 2
From, , , from (influenced by , from ), from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
 * 2)  An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
 * 3)  An object of search or pursuit.
 * 1)  An object of search or pursuit.
 * 1)  An object of search or pursuit.
 * 1)  An object of search or pursuit.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დავლა, ნადავლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄγρα, θήραμα
 * Italian:
 * Latin: praeda
 * Macedonian: ди́веч, плен
 * Plautdietsch: Wiltfank
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: creach
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: creach
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Etymology 3
Alteration of.

Noun

 * 1) A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.