Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: granite
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'ænɪt]
Pronunciations of granite
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: granite
    Meaning: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
  • Synonyms: granite
    Meaning: something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite"
Usage examples
  • "Oh, if we were only at Granite House!"
  • They waited, therefore, although they were anxious to be reunited at Granite House.
  • And yet I cannot understand the appearance of these quadrupeds in a granite cavern."
  • The shingle was composed of slate, quartz, and granite, named in the order of abundance.
  • Granite was unquestionably a typical Scottish Terrier, even as we know them at the present day.
  • I rose from my granite bed and went out to enjoy the magnificent spectacle that lay unrolled before me.
  • He obtained several specimens, all of much the same type, a close-grained granite rock which weathers red.
  • However well built and supplied the corral house was, it could not be so comfortable as the healthy granite dwelling.
  • This tract seemed crushed under a rain of enormous ejected rocks of trap, basalt, granite, and all kinds of igneous rocks.
  • Its mass of filaments attached it to a table of granite, and there it grew by itself in the midst of the cave's calm waters.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Oldham, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Salt Lake Temple, License CC BY-SA 4.0