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A batholith (from Greek bathos, depth + lithos, rock) is a large emplacement of igneous intrusive (also called plutonic) rock that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust. batholith is an exposed area of (mostly) continuous plutonic rock that covers an area larger than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles). Areas smaller than 100 square kilometers are called stocks.
Hypernyms (batholith is a kind of...): igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of batholith): granite (plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz)