| NOUN | substance | granite | plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture |
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| attribute | granite | something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness) |
| Sounds | grae'naht; grae'niht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | ||
| Meaning | plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock | large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth |
| Substances | silicon, Si, atomic number 14 | A tetravalent nonmetallic element |
| Spanish | granito | |
| Catalan | granit | |
| Adjectives | granitic | hard as granite |
| Meaning | Something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness). | |
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| Example | "a man of granite" | |
| Broader | steadiness, firmness | The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place |
| Adjectives | granitic | showing unfeeling resistance to tender / tender feelings |
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