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1 quarry
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1. 'kwori plural - quarries; noun(a place, usually a very large hole in the ground, from which stone is got for building etc.) cantera
2. verb(to dig (stone) in a quarry.) sacar, extraer
II 'kwori plural - quarries; noun1) (a hunted animal or bird.)2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) cazaquarry n canteratr['kwɒrɪ]1 cantera2 (in hunting) presa1 extraer1) extract: extraer, sacarto quarry marble: extraer mármol2) excavate: excavarto quarry a hill: excavar un cerro1) prey: presa fn.• cantera s.f.• caza s.f.• mina s.f.• pedrera s.f.• presa s.f.v.• extraer v.(§pres: -traigo, -traes...) pret: -traj-•)• sacar v.
I 'kwɔːri, 'kwɒri1) ( excavation) cantera f2) ( prey) presa f
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transitive verb -ries, -rying, -ried \<\<stone/slate\>\> extraer* ( de una cantera); \<\<land/hillside\>\> abrir* una cantera en
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['kwɒrɪ]N (Hunting) presa f ; (fig) presa f, víctima f
II ['kwɒrɪ]1.N (=mine) cantera f2.VT sacar, extraer3.VI explotar una cantera, extraer piedra de una cantera4.CPDquarry tile N — baldosa f (no vidriada)
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I ['kwɔːri, 'kwɒri]1) ( excavation) cantera f2) ( prey) presa f
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transitive verb -ries, -rying, -ried \<\<stone/slate\>\> extraer* ( de una cantera); \<\<land/hillside\>\> abrir* una cantera en -
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3 quarry
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4 quarry
s.1 presa (prey) (& sentido figurado)2 cantera (for stone)3 pieza de vitral en forma de diamante.vt.1 excavar (hill); extraer (piedra)2 escarbar, escudriñar, conseguir descubrir, desentrañar. (plural quarries) (pt & pp quarried) -
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6 quarry tile
English-Spanish architecture and construction dictionary > quarry tile
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7 quarry-faced
adjabujardado adjEnglish-Spanish architecture and construction dictionary > quarry-faced
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9 quarry face
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10 quarry head
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11 quarry stripping
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12 quarry for
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15 quarry tile
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16 gypsum quarry
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17 limestone quarry
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18 slate quarry
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19 submarine quarry
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20 china-clay quarry
nC&G mina de caolín f
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quarry — quar‧ry [ˈkwɒri ǁ ˈkwɔː , ˈkwɑː ] noun quarries PLURALFORM [countable] a place where large amounts of stone, sand etc are dug out of the ground: • a granite quarry quarry verb [transitive] : • granite that is quarried in Brazil * * * Ⅰ … Financial and business terms
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quarry — from which stone is extracted [15] and quarry which one hunts [14] are quite different words. The former was borrowed from Old French quarriere, a derivative of *quarre ‘square stone’. This went back to Latin quadrum ‘square’, which was based on… … Word origins
quarry — quarry1 [kwôr′ē, kwär′ē] n. pl. quarries [var. of QUARREL1] a square or diamond shaped piece of glass, tile, etc. quarry2 [kwôr′ē, kwär′ē] n. pl. quarries [ME querre, orig., parts of the prey put on the hide and fed to dogs < OFr cuiree,… … English World dictionary
Quarry — Quar ry, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carri[ e]re, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See {Quadrate}.] A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarry — Quar ry, n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarr[ e] square, F. carr[ e], from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Quarrel} an arrow.] Same as 1st {Quarrel}. [Obs.] Fairfax. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarry — Quar ry, a. [OF. quarr[ e].] Quadrate; square. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English