black granite

collocation in English

meaningsofblackandgranite

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black
adjective
uk
/blæk/us
/blæk/
having the darkest colour there is, like the colour of coal or of a very ...
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granite
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/us
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/
a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used ...
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(Definition ofblackandgranitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The exterior facade is buff brick withblackgranitewindowsills and thresholds and white-painted steel windows.
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There are slabs ofblackgraniteon the fours sides of the column with the names of the deceased.
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The floor is covered in red andblackgranite.
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It completed the newblackgraniteand glass tower in 1984.
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That said, the stele, a piece ofblackgranite, about 4 high and 2 across, mounted on a 2 high square base, was unveiled.
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The exterior is made ofblackgranitelimestone.
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Its quasi-official nickname is a reference to its polishedblackgranitecladding and irregular angles.
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The curtain wall facade of this building uses large glass panels, framed withblackgraniteframing.
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At the base of each tree is a polishedblackgraniteplaque, inscribed with a badge and an epitaph.
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The fountain is composed of ablackgranitereflecting pool placed between a pair of transparent glass brick towers.
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The reflective glass skin stretches between a generously scaledblackgranitebase story and a louvered steel penthouse enclosure.
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The 100ft mblackgraniteobelisk was built in 1923, and the square was completed in 1930.
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Four shafts ofblackgranite, with gold eagles surmounted on them, mark the corners of the square.
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Behind the 13 columns is ablackgranitewater wall.
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Today most surface plates continue to be made ofblackgranitewith less common surface plates being made of pink granite or diabase.
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The redeveloped memorial incorporated threeblackgranitewalls and their images.
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Between the two rows stands a bronze statue of an eagle, erected on ablackgranitepedestal.
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At one end is ablackgranitefountain with a double concave shape.
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