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gran·ite (gran′it)

noun

a very hard, coarsegrained, gray to pink, intrusive igneous rock, composed mainly of feldspar, quartz, mica, and hornblende

Etymology: It granito, granite, lit., grained, pp. of granire, to reduce to grains < grano < L granum, a seed, grain

Related Forms:

  • granitic gra·nit′ic (grə nit′ik) adjective
  • granitoid gran′·it·oid′ (gran′i to̵id′) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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