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granite

DEFINITIONS OF: granite

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n plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

Type of:
batholite, batholith, pluton, plutonic rock
large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth

n something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)

“a man of granite
Type of:
firmness, steadiness
the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
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