porphyry
Plural: porphyries
Noun
- A hard igneous rock containing large crystals embedded in a fine-grained mass.
- any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals
- A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix.
- A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix.
- A purple-red rock of this kind.
Examples
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Origin / Etymology
From Old French porfire, from Ancient Greek πορφυρίτης λίθος (porphurítēs líthos, “purple stone”), from πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish, purple dye”).
Synonyms
porphyritic rock
Scrabble Score: 21
porphyry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordporphyry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
porphyry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
porphyry: valid Words With Friends Word