monolith

[ mon-uh-lith ]

/ ˈmɒn ə lɪθ /

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noun

an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.

a single block or piece of stone of considerable size, especially when used in architecture or sculpture.

something having a uniform, massive, redoubtable, or inflexible quality or character.

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Origin of monolith

1820–30; <Latin monolithus<Greek monólithos made of one stone. See mono-, -lith

OTHER WORDS FROM monolith

mon·o·lith·ism, noun

Words nearby monolith

Monola, monolatry, monolayer, monoline insurer, monolingual, monolith, monolithic, monologue, monology, monomania, monomark

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How to use monolith in a sentence

It’s been nearly a month since we last heard anything about the mysterious monolith in Lockhart Basin, Utah.
The Saga of the Monolith Isn't Over Yet|Meaghen Brown|December 23, 2020|Outside Online
Copycat monoliths showed up in Romania, California, and New Zealand, only to disappear soon after.
The Saga of the Monolith Isn't Over Yet|Meaghen Brown|December 23, 2020|Outside Online
If we’re going to be purists about pristine nature, then we’d do better to focus our ire on things like roads, mines, and, for that matter, national parks, which alter the landscape much more dramatically than this monolith.
Who's Really to Blame for the Monolith Shitshow|Mark Sundeen|December 4, 2020|Outside Online
It was a simpler time back in October when Taboola and Outbrain announced plans to form a content recommendation monolith.
Why the Taboola-Outbrain deal fell apart and what it means for publishers|Lara O'Reilly|September 9, 2020|Digiday

We can’t treat even the Communist Party as a complete monolith.
Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China? (Ep. 414)|Stephen J. Dubner|April 23, 2020|Freakonomics
Abrams against harnessed that monolith them, the American Jewish leaders, whom Abrams presumed to speak for.
Does Elliott Abrams Speak For American Jewish Leaders?|Ali Gharib|August 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Palestinian monolith will never accept Israel, Romney's saying.
Romney's Vision: A Greater Israel|Ali Gharib|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
With a computer that goes bad and the mystery of the monolith and the indescribable ending that nobody could understand.
William Shatner's 10 Favorite Space Movies|William Shatner|October 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Hey, you remember that scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the monkeys were puzzling over the monolith?
Regis Philbin's 11 Funniest Moments|Shannon Donnelly|January 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
However, we need to recognize that Hamas is not an ideological monolith.
Bring Hamas to the Table|Roi Ben-Yehuda|September 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Seven Pagodas, specially so-called, are monolith temples, hewn on the spot out of massive blocks of rock.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
It had been shaped by Nature herself out of an immense monolith.
The Tour|Louis Couperus
Originally it was one hundred and ten feet long, and therefore the longest monolith ever quarried.
Cleopatra's Needle|James King
The huge monolith rose some eight hundred feet above the tableland on which the village was built.
Terry|Charles Goff Thomson
A menhir is a rude monolith set up on end, a great single stone, the base of which is buried deep in the soil.
Legends & Romances of Brittany|Lewis Spence

British Dictionary definitions for monolith

monolith

/ (ˈmɒnəlɪθ) /

noun

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

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

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

Word Origin for monolith

C19: via French from Greek monolithos made from a single stone

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