Granite

Noun

 * 1) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz.  Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole.  Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones.  Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.

Derived terms

 * granitic
 * granitoid
 * granitelike
 * graniteware
 * pregranitic

Adjectives for Granite
unhewn; barren; straited; enduring; everlasting; defiant; cumbersome.

Verbs for Granite
build on—; carve from—; chip—; crack—; demolish—; hammer—; hew from—; lay—; mix—; pave with—; pierce—; quarry—; shatter—; smooth—; spike—; split—.

Thesaurus
aa, abyssal rock, adamant, basalt, bedrock, block lava, bone, brash, breccia, brick, cement, concrete, conglomerate, crag, diamond, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, flint, gneiss, heart of oak, igneous rock, iron, lava, limestone, living rock, magma, mantlerock, marble, metamorphic rock, monolith, nails, oak, pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, steel, stone, talus, tufa, tuff

Etymology
From granit: <  granito: < granire: < grano: <  granum:. Compare granita.

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Anagrams

 * angrite, ingrate, tangier, Tangier, tearing

Noun
granite



Anagrams

 * argenti, girante, ingrate, integra, negarti, negrità, regnati, rigante, ritenga, Tangeri, tingerà