Definitions for granites

granites gran·ite

Spelling: [gran-it]
IPA: /ˈgræn ɪt/

Granites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 631 anagrams from letters in granites (aeginrst).

Definitions for granites

noun

  1. a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
  2. anything compared to this rock in great hardness, firmness, or durability.
  3. ice (def 4).

Origin of granites

First recorded in 1640-50, granite is from the Italian word granito grainy. See grain, -ite1

Examples for granites

Republican Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator now running in the granite State, is the best conveyor of the message.

Palin, who once called Ayotte the “granite Grizzly” also has turned against her.

He was told it had gone well, he said, and he has already received two more invitations to the granite State.

You admire this tower of granite, weathering the hurts of so many ages.

I was done with the book on June 30, the date on which 19 Hotshots died fighting a fire at granite Mountain in Arizona.

In the afternoon got a fine round of angles from granite rocks.

The granite of the mountains is superior to the celebrated Quincy.

On the fourth day this changed, and we camped at the foot of a granite mountain.

The name of the stone you have just picked up happens to be granite.

After that granite band is filled in, there are seven more blank ones on the next block.

Word Value for granites
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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