English-Thai Dictionary

granite

N หิน แกรนิต  hin-krae-nid

 

graniteware

N เครื่องเหล็ก สีเทา เหมือน เคลือบ ด้วย หิน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRANITEL

n.[dim. of granit. ] A binary aggregate of minerals; a granitic compound containing two constituent parts, as quartz and feldspar, or quartz and shorl or hornblend. Italian workmen give this name to a variety of gray granit consisting of small grains.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRANITE

Gran "ite, n. Etym: [It. granito granite, adj. , grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain. ] (Geol.)

 

Defn: 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 therefor in being destitute of a schistose structure.

 

Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under Mica. Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. -- Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. -- Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. -- Hornblende granite, or Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. -- Granite ware. (a ) A kind of stoneware. (b ) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.

 

GRANITE STATE

GRANITE STATE Gran "ite State.

 

Defn: New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

 

GRANITE STATE

GRANITE STATE Gran "ite State.

 

Defn: New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

granite

gran ite |ˈgranit ˈɡrænət | ▶noun a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone. DERIVATIVES gra nit ic |grəˈnitik |adjective, gran it oid |ˈgraniˌtoid |adjective & noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian granito, literally ‘grained, ’ from grano ‘grain, ’ from Latin granum .

 

Granite State

Gran ite State a nickname for the state of New Hampshire.

 

graniteware

gran ite ware |ˈgranitˌwe (ə )r ˈɡrænətˌwɛr | ▶noun a speckled form of earthenware imitating the appearance of granite. • a kind of enameled ironware.

 

Oxford Dictionary

granite

granite |ˈgranɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone: [ as modifier ] : granite columns | figurative : a man with granite determination. DERIVATIVES granitic |grəˈnɪtɪk |adjective, granitoid adjective & noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian granito, literally ‘grained ’, from grano ‘grain ’, from Latin granum .

 

Granite State

Granite State informal name for New Hampshire.

 

graniteware

gran ¦ite |ware |ˈgranɪtwɛː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a speckled form of earthenware imitating the appearance of granite. 2 a kind of enamelled ironware.

 

Duden Dictionary

graniten

gra ni ten Adjektiv |gran i ten auch …ˈnɪtn̩ |1 aus Granit bestehend 2 gehoben hart und fest wie Granit ein Stoff von granitener Härte | figurativ ein granitener (unumstößlicher ) Grundsatz

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

granite

gran ite /ɡrǽnɪt /名詞 U 花崗 （かこう ）岩, 御影 （みかげ ）石 .G -̀ C í ty 〖通例the ～〗御影石特産市 〘英国Aberdeen市などの愛称 〙.G -́ St à te 〖the ～〗花崗岩州 〘米国New Hampshire州の愛称 〙.