monolith

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mon=o=lith

CIDE DICTIONARY

monolith, n. [F. monolithe, L. monolithus consisting of a single stone, Gr. ; mo`nos single + li`qos stone.].

 A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monolith, n.
1 a single block of stone, esp. shaped into a pillar or monument.
2 a person or thing like a monolith in being massive, immovable, or solidly uniform.
3 a large block of concrete.

Derivative

monolithic adj.

Etymology

F monolithe f. Gk monolithos (as MONO-, lithos stone)

THESAURUS

monolith

aa, abyssal rock, arch, barrow, basalt, bedrock, block lava, boundary stone, brash, brass, breccia, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column, conglomerate, crag, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, dolmen, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, footstone, gneiss, granite, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, igneous rock, inscription, lava, limestone, living rock, magma, mantlerock, marker, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, metamorphic rock, monument, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, pahoehoe, pillar, pillow lava, plaque, porphyry, prize, pudding stone, pyramid, regolith, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rock, ropy lava, rostral column, rubble, rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree, sedimentary rock, shaft, shelly pahoehoe, shrine, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, talus, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, trophy, tufa, tuff

ROGET THESAURUS

monolith

Record

N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.