massive
massive (mȧs"iv) , adjective
[French massif.]
1.
Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.
Massive armor.
2.
(Mineralogy) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.
Collocations (1)
Massive rock (Geology) , a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.