monolith

Definition of Monolith in English :

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Noun

1. monolith

a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Monolith

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noun

1.

a large block of stone or anything that resembles one in appearance, intractability, etc

2.

a statue, obelisk, column, etc, cut from one block of stone

3.

a large hollow foundation piece sunk as a caisson and having a number of compartments that are filled with concrete when it has reached its correct position

Monolith

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noun

1.

a single large block or piece of stone, as in architecture or sculpture

2.

something made of a single block of stone, as an obelisk

3.

something like a monolith in size, unity of structure or purpose, unyielding quality

Monolith

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n.

1. A large block of stone, especially one used in architecture or sculpture.

2. Something, such as a column or monument, made from one large block of stone.

3. An outcropping, cliff, or mountain having the appearance of a single block of stone: "On a waterway of grand pilot marks, the finest lay just ahead, Beacon Rock, a distinctive black monolith some eight hundred feet high" (William Least Heat-Moon).

4. Something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity: "Standing against a global Communism it took to be monolithic, the Pentagon wanted to be taken as a monolith" (William Carroll).

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