'Massive rock' definitions:
Definition of 'Massive rock'
From: GCIDE
- massive \mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.]
- 1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. [1913 Webster]
- Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock. [1913 Webster]