PLUTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pluton mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUTON (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 ("pluton" is a kind of...):

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

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

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

Derivation:

plutonic (of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro)