granite
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- noun
- /ˈɡrænɪt/
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- She tackled the challenges with the granite strength of her convictions.
- granite-hard
- face like granite
- granite-hard expression
Examples
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But the past wrote itself into her brain like lessons carved into granite.
Fiction book (2001) -
But all of these big dreams have crashed against the granite wall of reality.
Blog text (29) -
And hard as granite, at least when she was around him.
Fiction book (1991) -
From this day forward until forever, you shall be known as Rocky, because you are strong, solid, and cool as granite rock.
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He was as free as the wind and as strong as the granite peaks he was born in the shadows of.
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This man is granite.
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Drawing lines in the sand or chiseling lines in granite makes for no-win situations.
Blog text (28) -
Putting the pieces together was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle cut out of granite.
Fiction book (2001) -
Beneath Atlee's quiet diffidence and modesty was an iron core, an iron core of self belief and granite hard purpose, which Ivor admired tremendously.
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His determination was as unyielding as granite in the face of adversity.
Synonyms
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A person or thing you can depend on for strong support
Idioms
Compounds
- South African
A small plant that grows in clumps with thick grey-green leaves that look like stones
How Firm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Granite comes from the Latin granum, meaning 'grain', the same root as the English word grain. Because the stone is so hard and steady, people use granite to describe 'great firmness' or an unyielding character.