massive /(mȧs"ĭv)/
mass·ive
massive
a.
- Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.
- In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. (Min.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Massive rock
- a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.