Found 3 items, similar to granite.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: granite granit
English → English (WordNet) Definition: granite granite n 1: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz 2: something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); “a man of granite”
English → English (gcide) Definition: granite Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. ?.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (el[ae]olite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (el[ae]olite) syenite or leucite syenite . [1913 Webster]