'Laccolite' definitions:
Definition of 'Laccolite'
From: GCIDE
- Laccolite \Lac"co*lite\, Laccolith \Lac"co*lith\, n. [Gr. ? a cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- {Lac`co*lit"ic}, a. [1913 Webster]