WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
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| quarry n | (open pit) | stenbrott s |
| | When Helen needed some gravel for her driveway, she bought it from a nearby quarry. |
| quarry n | (hunted animal, prey) | jaktbyte, byte, villebråd s |
| | The hounds could smell their quarry. |
| quarry n | ([sb], [sth] being pursued) | eftertraktat byte adj + s |
| | | eftersökt person adj + s |
| | The heat-seeking missile homed in on its quarry. |
| quarry n | figurative ([sth] sought after) | eftertraktat byte s |
| | Brian had been working towards the top job for years and now he sensed he was closing in on his quarry. |
| quarry [sth]⇒ vtr | (excavate) | bryta sten vtr |
| | 18th-century quarrymen used picks and crowbars to quarry stone. |