granite

What does granite mean?

granite means "plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in granite?

granite has 2 syllables: gran-ite. The stress falls on "gran". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹænət/.

Is granite a common word?

granite is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with granite?

1 word rhymes with granite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for granite come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.