Definitions for gabbro

gabbro gab·bro

Spelling: [gab-roh]
IPA: /ˈgæb roʊ/

Gabbro is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in gabbro (abbgor).

Definitions for gabbro

noun

  1. a dark granular igneous rock composed essentially of labradorite and augite.

Origin of gabbro

Italian; akin to Latin glaber smooth

Examples for gabbro

A soil of very close texture, the gabbro, is found, most largely in the north-east.

The gneisses appear to be due in many cases to the crushing and shearing of deep-seated igneous rocks, such as granite and gabbro.

gabbro, gab′ro, n. a rock composed of feldspar and diallage—also Euphotide.

Peridotite and gabbro form much of the eastern peninsula (Banggai).

Rocks of the gabbro group, though perhaps not so common nor occurring in so great masses as granites, are exceedingly widespread.

These are caused either by old intrusions of diabase and gabbro which have undergone modifications, or by later ones of dolerite.

gabbro, a typical basic rock, corresponds to basalt in chemical composition.

Still more common is the occurrence of sheared, foliated or schistose forms of gabbro.

Anorthite is an essential constituent of many basic igneous rocks, such as gabbro and basalt, also of some meteoric stones.

From either Whit Tor may be ascended, a tor of gabbro, or volcanic traplike formation.

Word Value for gabbro
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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