igneous rock
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Noun
[edit]igneous rock (countable and uncountable, plural igneous rocks)
- (geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).
- Hypernyms: rock, stone < material
- Coordinate terms: metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock
Translations
[edit]one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth
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