Quarry

//ˈkwɒɹ.i//

Synonyms for "quarry" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(4 words)
preytargetquarreldelf

Strong matches (47)

Verb(2 words)
digdig up
Noun(1 words)
fair game

Related words (77)

Noun(3 words)
markpitstone pit
Verb(3 words)
minepryunearth

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

10 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

derived

13 entries

entails

1 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

152 translations across 69 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • gurore noun (site for mining stone)
  • gurthyes noun (site for mining stone)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • θήραμα noun (animal which is hunted)
  • λατομία noun (site for mining stone)
  • λιθοτομία noun (site for mining stone)
  • μέταλλον noun (site for mining stone)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مَقْلَع noun (site for mining stone)

Armenian

1 entries
  • քարհանք noun (site for mining stone)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • karxana noun (site for mining stone)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • каменяло́мня noun (site for mining stone)
  • кар'е́р noun (site for mining stone)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дивеч noun (animal which is hunted)
  • каменоло́мна noun (site for mining stone)
  • карие́ра noun (site for mining stone)
  • цел noun (object of search or pursuit)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကျောက်မိုင်း noun (site for mining stone)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pedrera noun (site for mining stone)
  • presa noun (animal which is hunted)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 採石場 /采石场 noun (site for mining stone)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 採石場 /采石场 noun (site for mining stone)

Czech

3 entries
  • kamenolom noun (site for mining stone)
  • kořist noun (animal which is hunted)
  • lom noun (site for mining stone)

Danish

1 entries
  • stenbrud noun (site for mining stone)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doelwit noun (object of search or pursuit)
  • prooi noun (animal which is hunted)
  • prooi noun (object of search or pursuit)
  • prooidier noun (animal which is hunted)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ŝtonejo noun (site for mining stone)
  • ŝtonminejo noun (site for mining stone)

Estonian

4 entries
  • jahiloom noun (animal which is hunted)
  • karjäär noun (site for mining stone)
  • leid noun (object of search or pursuit)
  • murd noun (site for mining stone)

Faroese

1 entries
  • grótbrot noun (site for mining stone)

Finnish

4 entries
  • louhos noun (site for mining stone)
  • riistaeläin noun (animal which is hunted)
  • saaliseläin noun (animal which is hunted)
  • louhia verb (extract by long, tedious searching)

French

2 entries
  • carrière noun (site for mining stone)
  • proie noun (animal which is hunted)

Galician

3 entries
  • canteira noun (site for mining stone)
  • pedreira noun (site for mining stone)
  • presa noun (animal which is hunted)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დავლა noun (animal which is hunted)
  • კარიერი noun (site for mining stone)
  • ნადავლი noun (animal which is hunted)
  • ქვის სამტეხლო noun (site for mining stone)

German

3 entries
  • Beute noun (animal which is hunted)
  • Steinbruch noun (site for mining stone)
  • ausgraben verb (extract by long, tedious searching)

Greek

2 entries
  • λατομείο noun (site for mining stone)
  • νταμάρι noun (site for mining stone)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַחְצָבָה noun (site for mining stone)

Hindi

3 entries
  • खादान noun (site for mining stone)
  • खान noun (site for mining stone)
  • पाषाण खान noun (site for mining stone)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kőbánya noun (site for mining stone)
  • kőfejtő noun (site for mining stone)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • grjótnáma noun (site for mining stone)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • tambang noun (site for mining stone)
  • tambang batu noun (site for mining stone)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • مَعْدَن noun (site for mining stone)
  • مَعْدَنِ سَنْگ noun (site for mining stone)
  • کانِ سَنْگ noun (site for mining stone)

Irish

2 entries
  • cairéal noun (site for mining stone)
  • cairéalaigh verb (obtain stone by extraction from a quarry)

Italian

4 entries
  • cava noun (site for mining stone)
  • cava di pietra noun (site for mining stone)
  • preda noun (animal which is hunted)
  • preda noun (object of search or pursuit)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 採石場 noun (site for mining stone)
  • 石切場 noun (site for mining stone)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • карьер noun (site for mining stone)
  • тас қашалған орын noun (site for mining stone)

Khmer

1 entries
  • រតនាយតនៈ noun (site for mining stone)

Korean

1 entries
  • 채석장 noun (site for mining stone)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • карьер noun (site for mining stone)
  • таш чыгарылуучу жай noun (site for mining stone)

Lao

1 entries
  • ບໍ່ຫີນ noun (site for mining stone)

Latin

2 entries
  • lapicīdīnae noun (site for mining stone)
  • praeda noun (animal which is hunted)

Latvian

2 entries
  • akmeņlauztuve noun (site for mining stone)
  • lauztuve noun (site for mining stone)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • karjeras noun (site for mining stone)
  • skaldykla noun (site for mining stone)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Broch noun (site for mining stone)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ди́веч noun (animal which is hunted)
  • каменоло́м noun (site for mining stone)
  • плен noun (animal which is hunted)

Malay

1 entries
  • kuari noun (site for mining stone)

Māori

4 entries
  • rua kerikeri noun (site for mining stone)
  • rua kerikeri kōwhatu noun (site for mining stone)
  • kerikeri kōwhatu verb (obtain stone by extraction from a quarry)
  • tākongakonga verb (obtain stone by extraction from a quarry)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • steinbrudd noun (site for mining stone)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • steinbrot noun (site for mining stone)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اوجاق noun (site for mining stone)

Persian

1 entries
  • استخراج verb (obtain stone by extraction from a quarry)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wiltfank noun (animal which is hunted)

Polish

2 entries
  • kamieniołom noun (site for mining stone)
  • zwierzyna noun (animal which is hunted)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • pedreira noun (site for mining stone)
  • presa noun (animal which is hunted)

Romanian

2 entries
  • carieră noun (site for mining stone)
  • vânat noun (animal which is hunted)

Russian

4 entries
  • дичь noun (animal which is hunted)
  • добы́ча noun (animal which is hunted)
  • добыча noun (object of search or pursuit)
  • каменоло́мня noun (site for mining stone)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • creach noun (animal which is hunted)
  • creach noun (object of search or pursuit)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kamenòlom noun (site for mining stone)
  • камено̀лом noun (site for mining stone)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kameňolom noun (site for mining stone)
  • lom noun (site for mining stone)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kamnolom noun (site for mining stone)

Spanish

3 entries
  • cantera noun (site for mining stone)
  • objetivo noun (object of search or pursuit)
  • presa noun (animal which is hunted)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kware noun (site for mining stone)

Swedish

4 entries
  • brott noun (site for mining stone)
  • kalkbrott (limestone) noun (site for mining stone)
  • skifferbrott noun (site for mining stone)
  • stenbrott noun (site for mining stone)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tibagan noun (site for mining stone)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кони санг noun (site for mining stone)

Thai

2 entries
  • ที่ขุดหิน noun (site for mining stone)
  • เหมืองหิน noun (site for mining stone)

Turkish

4 entries
  • av noun (object of search or pursuit)
  • av hayvanı noun (animal which is hunted)
  • maden noun (site for mining stone)
  • taş ocağı noun (site for mining stone)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • каменоло́мня noun (site for mining stone)
  • каменя́рня noun (site for mining stone)
  • кар'є́р noun (site for mining stone)

Urdu

2 entries
  • کَھدان noun (site for mining stone)
  • کھان noun (site for mining stone)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • karyer noun (site for mining stone)
  • tosh koni noun (site for mining stone)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mỏ đá noun (site for mining stone)

Welsh

2 entries
  • chwarel noun (site for mining stone)
  • cloddfa noun (site for mining stone)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

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There is a rock quarry just north of town.

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There was a swimming hole in the abandoned quarry where marble had been found years ago.

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There's a rock quarry ten miles west of town.

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He drowned in a quarry.

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