quarry
A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slateA site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
» This is an old rock quarry.
Meaning
5 sensesA site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
Steinbruch
каменоло́мняkamenolómnja, карье́рkarʹjér
каменоло́мняkamenolómnja, каменя́рняkamenjárnja, кар'є́рkarʺjér
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
(uncountable)An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
Beute
дичьdičʹ, добы́чаdobýča
(countable)An object of search or pursuit.
добычаdobyča
A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
(obsolete, uncountable)A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
animal hunted or caught for food
Examples
15 sentencesThis is an old rock quarry.
I have no quarry with you.
A century ago, gypsum quarries sat here.
deVor hundert Jahren waren hier Gipsbrüche.
What do they mine in this quarry?
He works in the quarry, breaking up rocks.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place wherFrom Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“to square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
From Middle English quyrre, querre, quirre, from Anglo-Norman quiree (“entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward”) (influenced by cuir (“skin (of an animal)”), from Latin corium (“a hide”)), from coree (“entrails, viscera”), from Vulgar Latin corata (“entrails”), from Latin cor (“heart”).
Alteration of quarrel (“diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window; square tile”).
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