(petrology) 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.

An island in South Australia / A town in Colorado / A town in Oklahoma / A census-designated place in Utah / An unincorporated community in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States.

plural of granite

Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.

granitic

(geology) The process of sedimentary rock becoming granite through remelting and recooling.

(intransitive) Of sedimentary rock, to become granite through remelting and recooling.

plural of granitization

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of granitize

present participle of granitize