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name
An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive
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Antonyms: polylith
noun
Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, figuratively
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Antonyms: chimera
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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verb
To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
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verb
To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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noun
a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stone
History
The noun is borrowed from French monolithe (“object made from a single block of stone”), from Middle French monolythe (“made from a single block of stone”) (rare), and from their etymon Latin monolithus (“made from a single block of stone”), from Ancient Greek μονόλιθος (monólithos, “made from a single block of stone”), from μονο- (mono-, prefix meaning ‘alone; single’) (from μόνος (mónos, “alone; only, unique”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + λίθος (líthos, “a stone; stone as a substance”); analysable as mono- + -lith. The English word is cognate with German monolith (“made from a single block of stone”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Across languages
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
