igneous rock

1. 1.

   rock formed by the solidification of molten magma

   Broaderrock

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Questions about igneous rock

What does igneous rock mean?

igneous rock means "rock formed by the solidification of molten magma".

Is igneous rock a common word?

igneous rock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.