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Meaning of 'granite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Granite [ n.]
- A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.

Meaning of 'granite' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . granite [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
Example in sentence:
  • a man of granite

Nearby Words:

graafian graal graaper grab grabbed grabber grabbing grabble grabbled grabbling

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