granite
Multiple Entries:granite granita
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
granite /ˈgranɪt/
▶noun a very hard, granular, crystalline igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar.
– derivatives
granitic adjective,
granitoid adjective & noun.
granitic adjective,
granitoid adjective & noun.
– origin C17: from Ital. granito, lit. ‘grained’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
granita /graˈniːtə/
▶noun (pl. granite /-ˈniːteɪ/) a coarse Italian-style water ice.
– origin from Ital.
'granite' also found in these Oxford entries:
china stone
- granita
- graniteware
- granodiorite
- granolithic
- greisen
- mica
- occur
- pegmatite
- sett
- terrazzo
