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BATHOLITH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does batholith mean?

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

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• BATHOLITH (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("batholith" is a kind of...):

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

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

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

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