| NOUN | substance | porphyry, porphyritic rock | any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals |
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| Sounds | pao'rferiy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals. | |
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| Synonym | porphyritic rock | |
| Broader | igneous rock | rock formed by the solidification of molten magma |
| Substances | groundmass | (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger / larger crystals are embedded |
| Spanish | pórfido, porfirio, roca porfírica | |
| Catalan | pòrfir | |
| Adjectives | porphyritic | (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals |
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