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MONOLITH
monolith
(noun) a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monolith (plural monoliths)
(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.
Antonym: polylith
(also, attributively and figurative) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
Antonym: chimera
(chemistry) A substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc.
(Britain, horticulture) A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.
Verb
monolith (third-person singular simple present monoliths, present participle monolithing, simple past and past participle monolithed)
(transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
(construction) To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
(Britain, horticulture) To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*lith, n. Etym: [F. monolithe, L. monolithus consisting of a single stone, Gr.
Definition: A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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