Associations to the word «Gneiss»

Wiktionary

GNEISS, noun. (geology) A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.

Dictionary definition

GNEISS, noun. A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King