Usually means: Large, single block of stone.
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  1. monolith: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. monolith: Merriam-Webster
  3. monolith: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. monolith: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. monolith: Collins English Dictionary
  6. monolith: Vocabulary.com
  7. Monolith, monolith: Wordnik
  8. monolith: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. monolith: Wiktionary
  10. monolith: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. monolith: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. monolith: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Monolith, monolith: Dictionary.com
  14. monolith: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Monolith (Amebix album), Monolith (Angel novel), Monolith (In Mourning album), Monolith (Kansas album), Monolith (Space Odyssey), Monolith (Sylosis album), Monolith (band), Monolith (catalyst support), Monolith (comics), Monolith (disambiguation), Monolith (film), Monolith, The Monolith (Antarctica): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Monolith: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. monolith: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. monolith: Rhymezone
  19. Monolith: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. monolith: FreeDictionary.org
  21. monolith: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. monolith: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. monolith: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. monolith: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Monolith (disambiguation), monolith: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. The Monolith: A Seattle Lexicon
  2. monolith: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (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.
noun:  (also attributively and figurative) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (British, horticulture) A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.
verb:  (transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
verb:  (construction) To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
verb:  (British, horticulture) To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

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