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granite |
granite state |
granite stater |
granitelike |
graniteware |
granitic
| granitical
| granitification
| granitiform
| granitoid
| granivorous
granitic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective granitic has 2 senses
- granitic(s = adj.all) flint, flinty, obdurate, stony - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" Derived form noun granite2
- granitic(s = adj.all) granitelike, rocklike, stony - hard as granite; "a granitic fist" Derived form noun granite1
CIDE DICTIONARY
granitic, a. [Cf. F. granitique.].
- Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture. [1913 Webster]
- Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains. [1913 Webster]
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granitic
Hardness
N hardness, rigidity, renitence, renitency, inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction, lapidification, lapidescence, vitrification, ossification, crystallization, stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant, bone, cartilage, hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel, cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron, nail, brick, concrete, cement, hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched, stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense, indurate, indurated, gritty, proof, adamant, adamantine, adamantean, concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous, horny, corneous, bony, osseous, ossific, cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as as board.
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