n.
Pronunciation: ' ba-th ə - ˌ lith
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek bathos depth + International Scientific Vocabulary -lith
Date: circa 1900
: a great mass of intruded igneous rock that for the most part stopped in its rise a considerable distance below the surface
– bath · o · lith · ic \ ˌ ba-th ə - ' li-thik \ adjective