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The definition of granite is a hard light-colored igneous rock used for building and monuments.

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An example of granite is the rock frequently used in a home's kitchen counters.

See granite in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

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

Related Forms:

granitic adjective
granitoid adjective

See granite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building.
Unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite.

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Origin: Italian granito

Origin: , from

Origin: past participle of granire, to make grainy

Origin: , from grano, grain

Origin: , from Latin grānum; see gṛə-no- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

gra·nitˈic (gră-nĭtˈĭk, grə-), granˈit·oidˌ (grănˈĭ-toidˌ) adjective

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