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granite

noun
🔊/ˈɡrænɪt/
🔊/ˈɡrænɪt/
[uncountable]
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  1. a type of hard grey stone, often used in building花岗岩；花岗石
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGranite is used before these nouns:
    • base
    • counter
    • monument
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian granito, literally ‘grained’, from grano ‘grain’, from Latin granum.