Granite-city
noun
1.
a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
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[gran-it] /ˈgræn ɪt/ 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. /ˈɡrænɪt/ noun 1. a light-coloured coarse-grained acid plutonic igneous […]
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[gran-it-wair] /ˈgræn ɪtˌwɛər/ noun 1. a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel. 2. pottery with a speckled appearance like that of . 3. a semivitreous white pottery somewhat harder than earthenware. /ˈɡrænɪtˌwɛə/ noun 1. iron vessels coated with enamel of a granite-like appearance 2. a type of very durable white semivitreous pottery 3. […]
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[gran-i-tahyt] /ˈgræn ɪˌtaɪt/ noun 1. a rich in biotite. /ˈɡrænɪˌtaɪt/ noun 1. any granite with a high content of biotite