granite

gran·ite  (grnt)

n.

1. A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building.

2. Unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite.

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[Italian granito, from past participle of granire, to make grainy, from grano, grain, from Latin grnum; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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gra·nitic (gr-ntk, gr-), granit·oid (grn-toid) adj.

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granite [gran-nit]

Noun

a very hard rock consisting of quartz and feldspars that is widely used for building [Italian granito grained]

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granite  (grnt)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	granite - plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz atomic number 14, Si, silicon - a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors batholite, batholith, pluton, plutonic rock - large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
	2.	granite - something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite" steadiness, firmness - the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place

Translations

granite [ˈgrænɪt] n → granito

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granite [ˈgrænɪt] n → granit m

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granite [ˈgrænɪt] n → Granit m

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granite [ˈgrænɪt] n → granito