granitoid

American  

[gran-i-toid] / ˈgræn ɪˌtɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling or having the texture of granite.

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Etymology

Origin of granitoid

First recorded in 1785–95; granite + -oid

Example Sentences

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

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

Dreadfully run down," said Mrs. Sequin to herself, making a sweeping survey of the premises, "all this front lawn ought to be terraced and have granitoid walks and formal approaches.

From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

The main floor was reached by means of a flight of nineteen granitoid steps on either the north or south side of the building, which led through two spacious porticoes.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

A not uncommon cause of the apparently bedded arrangement of layers of different mineralogical composition may be traced to the original differentiation of the granitoid magma into different mineral-sheets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various