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PLUTONIC ROCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plutonic rock mean?
• PLUTONIC ROCK (noun)
The noun PLUTONIC ROCK has 1 sense:
1. large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
Familiarity information: PLUTONIC ROCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("plutonic rock" is a kind of...):
igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plutonic rock"):
granite (plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz)
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