granite /granˈit/

1. A coarse-grained igneous crystalline rock, composed of quartz, feldspar and mica
2. Hardness, resilience or resolution (of character)
3. A curling-stone

1. Of granite
2. Hard like granite
3. Unyielding, resolute

granitˈic adjective

Relating to, consisting of, or like granite

granitificāˈtion noun

granitˈiform adjective

granˈitite noun

Biotite granite

granitizāˈtion or granitisāˈtion noun

granˈitize or granˈitise transitive verb

granˈitoid adjective

Of the form of or resembling granite

granodīˈorite noun

A rock resembling diorite but containing quartz

granolithˈic adjective

(Gr lithos stone) composed of cement and granite chips (also noun)

granˈophyre /-fīr/ noun

(with -phyre after porphyry) a quartz-porphyry with graphic intergrowth of quartz and orthoclase for groundmass

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