BATHOLITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does batholite mean? 

• BATHOLITE (noun)
  The noun BATHOLITE has 1 sense:

1. large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth

  Familiarity information: BATHOLITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATHOLITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

batholite; batholith; pluton; plutonic rock

Hypernyms ("batholite" is a kind of...):

igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "batholite"):

granite (plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz)

Derivation:

batholitic (of or relating to a batholith)