1. A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building.
2. unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite.

1. A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.
2. toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough.

1. A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. it differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.

1. A rock composed of orthoclase-feldspar, mica, and quartz, and having a thoroughly crystalline-granular texture.
2. A kind of rough-grained water-ice or sherbet. also called rock-punch and rock ice-cream. see the extract.
3. same as granite-ware
4. in the quantitative system of classification (1902), it is proposed to apply the term granite for field purposes to all phanerocrystalline rocks composed of quartz and feldspar of any kind, with mica, hornblende, or other ferromagnesian mineral, if present in subordinate amounts. see rock.
5. A granite containing two micas: the granite proper of some authors.

1. something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
2. plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz