granitoid

[ gran-i-toid ]

adjective

1. resembling or having the texture of granite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of granitoid¹

First recorded in 1785–95; granite + -oid

Example Sentences

From the granitoid square at the base of the air-shaft came the rattle of after-dinner dishes and the babble of dialect.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of these orthogneisses are not equally well foliated throughout, but are massive or granitoid in places.

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Yellow and white sandstones are also found in small quantity on the islands, reposing upon the granitoid rocks.

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It is probable that the granitoid rocks appear at the surface somewhat to the eastward of this locality.

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