granolithicadj.n.
/ɡranəʊˈlɪθɪk/ A. adj.
The designation of a particular kind of concrete. Hence of buildings, etc.: made of ‘granolithic’ concrete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective]
wandedc1593
brick-built1596
rock-built1596
mud-walled1607
sedgy1624
sodden1639
nogged1688
frame1760
logged1784
stucco1786
weatherboarded1794
piled1795
thick-walled1820
clapboarded1835
board-built1837
pebble-dashed1839
puncheoned1843
timber-framed1843
betimbered1847
pile-built1851
massy1855
bamboo-walled1858
portable1860
half-timber1874
stone-faced1874
Red River frame1879
ashlared1881
granolithic1881
brick-end1883
converted1888
steel frame1898
board-and-bat1902
traviated1902
steel-framed1906
prefabricated1921
prefab1937
multiwall1940
pre-engineered1955
curtain-walled1959
pre-fabbed1959
timber-frame1967
system-built1968
flat-pack1982
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > types of
tabby1802
beton1813
granolithic1881
reinforced concrete1891
ferro-concrete1896
armoured concrete1898
re-enforced concrete1902
breeze-concrete1930
mass concrete1930
Siporex1938
grano1940
shell concrete1949
no-fines1960
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [adjective] > (made of) types of concrete
lean1726
monolithic1874
granolithic1881
ferro-concrete1901
vibrated1930
prestressed1936
no-fines1946
post-stretched1946
post-tensioned1950
slipformed1968
1881 P. Stuart Brit. Patent 610 4 The granit and cement is mixed... This composition, which I call ‘granolithic’, is spread on the concrete so as to embed the iron rods.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 35 Patent Granolithic Steps for Harbours.
1893 Daily News 3 Oct. 2/6 The corridors are floored with the well-known granolithic concrete.
1909 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/2 An inscription in brass letters set in granolithic.
1956 R. L. Davies & D. J. Petty Building Elem. ix. 282 Special abrasive aggregates can be added to the granolithic to provide a non-slip surface.
B. n.
‘Granolithic’ concrete.
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1901 Guinness Trust, Fulham P. Rd. 8 The open areas between the blocks..are paved with granolithic for use as playgrounds.
1905 G. L. Sutcliffe Concrete (ed. 2) 336 Numerous tests have been made of reinforced Granolithic.
1905 F. W. Taylor & S. E. Thompson Concrete 1 Granolithic is concrete consisting of Portland cement and fine broken stone or sand troweled to form a wearing surface.
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adj.n.1881