batholith

Questions about batholith

What does batholith mean?

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

How many syllables are in batholith?

batholith has 3 syllables: bat-ho-lith. The stress falls on "bat". In IPA it is /ˈbæθəlɪθ/.

What is another word for batholith?

Close synonyms include batholite, 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 batholith a common word?

batholith 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.