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Translate quarry from English to Dutch

Summary

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quarry:
- steengroeve; groeve
Wiktionary:
- quarry → steengroeve, prooi, prooidier, doelwit
- quarry → steenhouwen, uitspitten
- quarry → kill, deel van de buit bij de jacht die voor de honden is, buit, prooi, vangst

English

Detailed Translations for quarry from English to Dutch

quarry:

quarry [the ~] nom

the quarry (stone pit)
de steengroeve; de groeve
- steengroeve [de ~] nom
- groeve [de ~] nom

Translation Matrix for quarry:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
groeve	quarry; stone pit	furrow; groove; mine; mineshaft; pit
steengroeve	quarry; stone 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 → steengroeve
animal which is hunted
- quarry → prooi; prooidier
object of search or pursuit
- quarry → prooi; doelwit

verb

obtain stone by extraction from a quarry
- quarry → steenhouwen
extract by long, tedious searching
- quarry → uitspitten

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• quarry	→ kill; deel van de buit bij de jacht die voor de honden is	↔ curée — Portion de bête que l’on donne aux chiens
• quarry	→ buit; prooi; vangst	↔ proie — Traductions à trier suivant le sens

Related Translations for quarry

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University