English-Finnish translations for quarry

• louhos
  Etenkään vaaraatoman muun kuin pysyvän jätteen kohdalla ei ole perusteltua asettaa louhos- ja maansiirtoalalla toimiville pienille ja keskisuurille yrityksiksille liian raskaita velvoitteita. Particularly where non-hazardous, non-inert waste is involved, the imposition of excessive burdens on small and medium-sized businesses in the quarrying and earth-moving sector is indefensible.
• louhia
• saaliseläin

Definition of quarry

• A site#Noun|site for mine#Verb|mining stone#Noun|stone, limestone, or slate#Noun|slate
• To obtain stone by extraction from a quarry
• To extract#Verb|extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching#Noun|searching
• A part of the entrails of a hunted#Adjective|hunted animal, given to the hound#Noun|hounds as a reward#Noun|reward
• An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunt#Verb|hunted
• An object of search#Noun|search or pursuit
• To secure prey#Noun|prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy
• A diamond-shaped tile#Noun|tile or pane, often of glass or stone#Noun|stone

Examples

• Michelangelo
• They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri

Related words

• quarrying
• quarryman
• quarry tile
• quarry pond
• gravel quarry
• slate quarry
• stone quarry