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Definition of Monolith
1. Noun. A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk).
Definition of Monolith
1. n. A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.
Definition of Monolith
1. Noun. A large single block of stone, used in architecture and sculpture. ¹
2. Noun. Anything massive, uniform and unmovable. ¹
3. Noun. (chemistry) in chromatography, a continuous stationary-phase cast as a homogeneous column in a single piece ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monolith
1. a large block of stone [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monolith
Literary usage of Monolith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Iron. R. Edgar. Bellman 22:575 My 26 47 Iron age Use of iron by primitive man.
GF Zimmer. Irwin, Beatrice Maya monolith: the ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"... religion was far more advanced and refined, and already in highest moral
development, the " Chronicles " were written, which »»»»»»»»»»W; monolith. ..."
3. Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal by William Tufts Brigham (1887)
"... plan) 217 monolith AT QUIRIGUA (F) 219 monolith E (portion of back) 221
IZABAL (from the end of the wharf) 225 WHISTLE PROM LAS QUEBRADAS 227 ANCIENT ..."
4. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1903)
"Space will not permit an explanation here of the relieves on this grand monolith,
concerning which whole volumes have been written. ..."
5. The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament by Eberhard Schrader, Owen Charles Whitehouse (1885)
"... the former to refer to the town, and the latter to the kingdom of Hamath,—the
latter especially on the strength of Sargon's Cyprus monolith I. 51 foil. ..."
6. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"It was a Imge undressed monolith, 9 inches thick and 30 inches wide, ...
Its general look was that of an ordinary rude monolith or standing stone. ..."
7. The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in by James Theodore Bent, David Heinrich Müller, John George Garson (1896)
"The altar before the great standing monolith is flat, 11 ft. 5 in. by 13 ft.
10 in. in width. It has around it a pattern formed of vine tendrils, ..."
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