Granite Definition

grănĭt
noun
A very hard, coarsegrained, gray to pink, intrusive igneous rock, composed mainly of feldspar, quartz, mica, and hornblende.
Webster's New World
Unyielding endurance; steadfastness.
A will of granite.
American Heritage
pronoun

An island in South Australia.

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A town in Colorado.

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A town in Oklahoma.

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A CDP in Utah.

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Other Word Forms of Granite

Noun

Singular:
granite
Plural:
granites

Origin of Granite

  • Italian granito from past participle of granire to make grainy from grano grain from Latin grānum gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Granite Sentence Examples

  • Other important granite quarries are near Williamstown, Dummerston, Berlin and Woodbury.

  • Lee, surmounting a lofty granite pedestal at the head of Franklin Street.

  • The houses, with very few exceptions, are built of wood, but the streets are paved with blocks of granite and marble.

  • It is built entirely of granite.

  • Ungava includes much of the lower portion of Labrador, with a rim of recent marine deposits along its western coast, but the interior has the usual character of low rocky hills of Archean rocks, especially granite and gneiss, with a long band of little disturbed iron-bearing rocks, resembling the Animikie, or Upper Huronian of the Lake Superior region, near its eastern side.

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Words Starting With

GGRGRA

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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