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Summary

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quarry:
- Steinbruch
Wiktionary:
- quarry → Steinbruch, Beute, Bruch
- quarry → ausgraben
- quarry → Beute

English

Detailed Translations for quarry from English to German

quarry:

quarry [the ~] nom

the quarry (stone pit)
der Steinbruch
- Steinbruch [der ~] nom

Translation Matrix for quarry:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Steinbruch	quarry; stone pit	mine; mineshaft; pit
-	fair game; pit; prey; stone pit; target

Related Words for "quarry":

quarries

Synonyms for "quarry":

prey; target; fair game; victim
pit; stone pit; excavation
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna
exploit; tap

Related Definitions for "quarry":

animal hunted or caught for food¹
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate¹
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'¹
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence¹
extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry¹
- quarry marble¹

Wiktionary Translations for quarry:

quarry

noun

site for mining stone
- quarry → Steinbruch
animal which is hunted
- quarry → Beute

verb

extract by long, tedious searching
- quarry → ausgraben

quarry

noun

Tagbau für die Gewinnung von Steinen
- Steinbruch → quarry
kurz für: ein Steinbruch
- Bruch → quarry
von Raubtieren als Nahrung gefangenes oder verfolgtes Tier
- Beute → prey; quarry

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• quarry	→ Beute	↔ proie — Traductions à trier suivant le sens

Related Translations for quarry

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