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Definition of "batholith" []

  • A large mass of igneous rock that has melted and intruded surrounding strata at great depths. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "batholith" in a sentence
  • "East of the batholith is a basin-and-range area consisting of mountains, alluvial fans at their bases, and floodplains along the streams draining the valleys."
  • "The Wolf River batholith-which stretches from Portage County through Waupaca, Shawano, Menominee, Langlade and Oconto counties-and the Puritan batholith, which is way up north in Sawyer, Bayfield,"
  • "Her education, week after week, consisted of mindless memorization of big words like "batholith" and "saprophyte" - words that an average Ph.D. scientist wouldn't know."