granite vs oyster

granite

noun
  • A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown. 

  • Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough. 

oyster

noun
  • Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. 

  • A person who keeps secrets. 

  • A shoplifter. 

  • A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. 

  • The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. 

adj
  • Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. 

verb
  • To fish for oysters. 

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