MEANING
Formed when molten rock cools and solidifies.
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- igneous rock
- igneous intrusion
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Igneous rock formed the black ridge above the valley.
An igneous intrusion split the older layers beneath the mine.
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- igneous
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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