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granite
/ˈɡɹænət/
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What does granite mean?
noun
- A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.
- (figuratively) Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough.
proper noun
- An island of South Australia.
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proper noun
- A town in Colorado.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɹænət/
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One of them was peering round the edge of the granite mass as though watching one who approached from the opposite side.
“I know the Unknown God,” said the little priest, with an unconscious grandeur of certitude that stood up like a granite tower.
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The country, viewed from an eminence, appears a woody plain, with here and there rounded and partly bare hills of granite protruding.
I have some orange trees in a disintegrated granite with a good many small pieces of rock still remaining in the soil.
Abreast the middle of the porch-front stood a great granite flower-vase overflowing with a cataract of bright-yellow flowers—I can’t think of their name.