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noun
1.
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
2.
anything compared to this rock in great hardness, firmness, or durability.
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Granite
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- Soak in the peaceful splendor that invites you to relax under expansive granite views.
- He picks up shards of roughened granite and smooth flints and turns them in his hand.
- His name and photo reside on a cold piece of granite in a cemetery.
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Origin:
< French
< French
Can be confused: granite, granité.
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World English Dictionary
| granite (ˈɡrænɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a light-coloured coarse-grained acid plutonic igneous rock consisting of quartz, feldspars, and such ferromagnesian minerals as biotite or hornblende: widely used for building |
| 2. | great hardness, endurance, or resolution |
| 3. | another name for a stone |
| [C17: from Italian granito grained, from granire to grain, from grano grain, from Latin grānum] | |
| 'granite-like | |
| —adj | |
| granitic | |
| —adj | |
| 'granitoid | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
granite
1646, from Fr. granit(e), from It. granito "granite," originally "grained," pp. of granire "granulate," from grano "grain," from L. granum "grain." In reference to the appearance of the rock. Used figuratively for "hardness" (of the heart, head, etc.) from 1839.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
granite  (grān'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
A usually light-colored, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting mostly of quartz, orthoclase feldspar, sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar, and micas. Quartz usually makes up 10 to 50 percent of the light-colored minerals in granite, with the remaining minerals consisting of the feldspars and muscovite. The darker minerals in granite are usually biotite and hornblende. Granite is one of the most common rocks in the crust of continents, and is formed by the slow, underground cooling of magma. |
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Cultural Dictionary
granite definition
A relatively lightweight igneous rock that makes up most of the Earth's crust beneath the continents. (See basalt, plate tectonics, and tectonic plates.)
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