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monolith::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | stone |
Examples of monolith
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And does a lift shaft shared between two buildings constitute a single monolith?
From the smh.com.au
As we approach, the coach stops and we are given our first sight of the monolith.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They just don't tell the whole story of how large numbers don't equal a monolith.
From the sacbee.com
Mr. Kubrick tends to resort to them when anticipating the presence of a monolith.
From the washingtontimes.com
But he and others also caution against viewing the Syrian regime as a monolith.
From the time.com
The pristine monolith in the background further adds to a sense of the surreal.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Also in this sector is a large sphinx monolith, discovered in the 19th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Like a whale breaching the ocean's surface, is the great monolith Mount Arapiles.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Even so, Missouri's agricultural interests sometimes have been a divided monolith.
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- A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
- (monolithic) massive: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"
- (monolithic) characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; "a monolithic society"; "a monolithic worldwide movement"
- A monolith is a geological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are most often made of very hard and solid metamorphic or igneous rock.
- Monolith is the sixth studio album, and seventh album overall, by American rock band Kansas, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music).
- Monolith is the title of Amebix's last studio album, released in 1987. Reissued in 2008 as a sliding scale download by Moshpit Tragedy Records and on CD by Heavy Metal Records.
- Monolith is a novel by John Passarella set in the fictional universe of the U.S. television series Angel.
- The Monolith is a DC Comics comic book series whose title character is a superheroic golem. The Monolith is guided in his actions by Alice Cohen, a recovering drug addict whose grandmother was one of those responsible for the Monolith's creation in the 1930s.
- Monolith is a box set made by avant-garde music composer Buckethead under the name of Death Cube K (an anagram of Buckethead), released in December 2007 through TDRS Music.
