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

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)

Derivation:

batholithic (of or relating to a batholith)

 Context examples 

Large bodies composed of biotite granite, such as the Wyoming batholith, are more common in the Neoarchean era (2.8 billion-2.5 billion years ago) than in younger terrains.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)

However, more subtle variations across the batholith show that the magma formed by the melting of multiple rock sources that rose through several conduits.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)

University of Wyoming earth scientist Davin Bagdonas traversed the Granite, Shirley and Laramie Mountains to examine the batholith.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)

One such large granite body, the 2.62 billion-year-old Wyoming batholith, extends more than 125 miles across central Wyoming.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)