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An example use of granite in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… phase two is a granite stone flags made …”
Granite is a type of rock.
the word granite occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.