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monolith

[mon-uh-lith]

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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.

monolith

/ ˈ��ɒ��ə��ɪθ /

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

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monolithism noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monolith¹

First recorded in 1820–30; from Latin monolithus, from Greek ��ǲ�ó��ٳ�ǲ� “made of one stone”; equivalent to mono- + -lith

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monolith¹

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

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In February, a group of Yosemite National Park staffers hung a giant, upside-down American flag — a symbol of distress — from the side of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite monolith, to protest the cuts.

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“It was the design team’s idea to make this little monolith in the middle of the office with the circular hallway on the outside,” Mehdizadeh says.

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Expedition 33 is set in Lumiere, a fictional world overshadowed by a huge monolith bearing a glowing numeral on its face.

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She says the show also asks its viewers to interrogate the concept of culture "sparking dialogue about '�� is our culture? Are we a monolith?'"

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Players control a crew of characters on a quest to destroy the Paintress – a being who emerges once a year and scrawls a number onto a monolith.

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monolingual monolithic

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