English-Swedish translations for quarry

• brott ett
  När begicks brottet?
• bryta
  De har helt enkelt inte varit ekonomiskt intressanta att bryta på alla de ställen där vi vet att de finns.They have quite simply not been of sufficient economic interest to quarry in all of the places where we know they are present.
• dagbrott ett
• stenbrott ett
  Avfall från gruvor och stenbrott står för nästan 30 procent av EU:s årliga avfall, vilket motsvarar hundratals miljoner ton avfall.Mining and quarrying waste accounts for nearly 30% of the annual EU waste, which equals hundreds of millions of tons of waste.

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