granite
noun(gran-ite)
a very hard natural igneous rock formation of visibly crystalline texture formed essentially of quartz and orthoclase or microcline and used especially for building and for monuments
granite
noun(gran-ite)
unyielding firmness or endurance
granite
geographical name(gran-ite)
city on the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois population 29,849
granite
geographical name(gran-ite)
mountain 12,799 feet (3901 meters) high in the Beartooth Range (a spur of the Absaroka Range) in southern Montana; highest point in the state