Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like granite; holocrystalline: applied in lithology to rocks without an amorphous ground-mass, but entirely made up of crystalline components, whether visible with or without the aid of the microscope. Granite is the typical rock of this class.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling granite in granular appearance
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- adjective Resembling
granite .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The present lake wall of stone and granitoid was not then in place, but the road had been well laid out, the intermediate spaces of lawn were lovely to look upon, and the houses were thoroughly new and imposing.
Sister Carrie 2004
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The abstract reports the results of U-Pb, U-Th and Ar-Ar age dating of granitoid rocks found in drillcore and as xenoliths from lavas at Medicine
mlhome.html 2003
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“Mfumba” behind Nkumungu (Point) Kaziwa, a mass of granitoid slabs, with a single tree for landmark.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Multiple U-Th isotopic analyses of individual zircon crystals by ion microprobe define isochrons that discriminate between different crystallization ages of granitoid xenoliths in lavas erupted 1065 and 2000 years ago from Medicine Lake volcano, CA
Jacob B. Lowenstern 2000
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The main floor was reached by means of a flight of nineteen granitoid steps on either the north or south side of the building, which led through two spacious porticoes.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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Shadows from the tender young leaves decorated the whiteness of the smooth village road in dainty tracery, and splashed the ribbons of rain-drenched granitoid walks with warm shadow-spray.
Fran 1913
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The present lake wall of stone and granitoid was not then in place, but the road had been well laid out, the intermediate spaces of lawn were lovely to look upon, and the houses were thoroughly new and imposing.
Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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I do not say that such people have not got souls, but if they get to Heaven at all it will be in the form of granitoid nuts, and the angels will have to crack them with a
A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902
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The present lake wall of stone and granitoid was not then in place, but the road had been well laid out, the intermediate spaces of lawn were lovely to look upon, and the houses were thoroughly new and imposing.
Sister Carrie 1900
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The present lake wall of stone and granitoid was not then in place, but the road had been well laid out, the intermediate spaces of lawn were lovely to look upon, and the houses were thoroughly new and imposing.
Sister Carrie 1900
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