batholite

Questions about batholite

What does batholite mean?

batholite means "large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth".

How many syllables are in batholite?

batholite has 3 syllables and divides as ba-tho-lite under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for batholite?

Close synonyms include batholith, pluton, plutonic rock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is batholite a common word?

batholite is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.