granitegran‧ite /ˈɡrænət/ noun [uncountable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINgranite
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Italian granito, from Latin granum; ➔ GRAINEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- At one place, the round shape of an engine protruded from the granite.
- Bronze on granite base. 6.5m.
- Grit blew off the granite outcroppings and the fields beneath grew nothing but rocks and dust.
- Hatchet-faced, tough as the city's granite, Yevdoxia plumped herself down at Anna's side.
- Salt water, beaten into a white sea foam, collides into the granite with each swell.
- The wolframite is scattered extremely thinly throughout the granite.
- They imported all the granite gravel for the driveway from Paris.
- This appears to coincide with the base of the granite batholith and may represent the basal Variscan thrust.
WORD SETS► Geology
Collocationsagglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► chalk/limestone/granite cliffs
a very hard grey rock, often used in building· White chalk cliffs rose up from the sea.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► boulder· Ahead, a low cairn of granite boulders rose clear of the moor.· Acorn-grinding mortars can be found in granite boulders scattered throughout the camp.· The centrepiece is a granite boulder from Solovki, a group of islands in the White Sea.
► intrusion· Volcanicity and magma emplacement, largely in the form of large granite intrusions, characterize the volcanic arc.· Eventually granite intrusions are emplaced at high levels within the mountain mass and volcanic activity develops.· Extensive stretching of the crust above these granite intrusions produces a faulted terrain with active volcanoes.· This was the major period of emplacement of granite intrusions which resulted in the growth of the Western Cordillera.· The modem phase of orogeny began in the Miocene with volcanism and the further emplacement of granite intrusions.
► slab· The gutter between the sidewalk and granite slabs is cleared of leaves and litter.· The path teetered down into a side gorge - and then the granite slabs appeared.· It was a 3, 000-foot granite slab, rising in total isolation from a flat plain.· They were on a granite slab that had fallen centuries ago and lay by the shore with the water rippling at it.
► wall· He turned so that his back was to the sloping granite wall and pulled her up.· Outside, the Rippowam River ran so swiftly its roar penetrated the granite walls.· Along its high white granite walls, hundreds of funeral wreaths were coalescing into one great hanging garden of remembrance.