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1. (n.) granite
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usu. with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
2. granite
something of great hardness, firmness, or durability.
Etymology: (1640–50; < It. See grain , -ite1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) granite
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
2. (noun) granite
something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
"a man of granite"
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1. (noun) granite
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
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Sense: (of) a type of hard usually grey or red rock used for building
buildings of granite: granite hills.
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 Afrikaans: graniet |
 Arabic: الغرانيت: حَجَر الصُّوان |
 Bulgarian: гранит |
 Brazilian: granito |
 Czech: žula; žulový |
 German: der Granit, Granit-... |
 Danish: granit; granit- |
 Greek: γρανίτης |
 Spanish: granito |
 Estonian: graniit |
 Farsi: سنگ گرانیت |
 Finnish: graniitti |
 French: (de) granit |
 Hebrew: גְּרָנִיט |
 Hindi: ग्रेनाइट |
 Croatian: granit, granitan |
 Hungarian: gránit |
 Indonesian: granit |
 Icelandic: granít |
 Italian: granito; di granito |
 Japanese: 花こう岩 |
 Korean: 화강암 |
 Lithuanian: granitas; granitinis |
 Latvian: granīts |
 Malay: granit |
 Dutch: graniet |
 Norwegian: granitt |
 Polish: granit(owy) |
 Persian: سنگ گرانیت |
 Pashto: ګرانيټ، يوډول كلكه ډبره چ |
 Portuguese: granito |
 Romanian: (de) granit |
 Russian: гранит; гранитный |
 Slovak: žula; žulový |
 Slovenian: granit; graniten |
 Serbian: granit |
 Swedish: granit |
 Thai: หินแกรนิต |
 Turkish: granit |
 Taiwanese: 花崗石 |
 Ukrainian: граніт |
 Urdu: عمارتی پتھر، سنگ خارا |
 Vietnamese: đá granit |
 Chinese: 花岗石 |
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