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Synonyms for monolith

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mon-uh-lith
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒn ə lɪθ

Définition of monolith

Origin :
  • "column consisting of a single large block of stone," 1848, from French monolithe (16c.), from Latin monolithus (adj.) "consisting of a single stone," from Greek monolithos "made of one stone," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + lithos "stone." Transferred and figurative use is from 1934.
  • noun large monument
Example sentences :
  • The whole company bent their efforts to displacing the monolith.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 » by Theophile Gautier
  • Above us was a tower of rock,—another 'tor,' I suppose, if not a 'monolith.'
  • Extract from : « The Affair at the Inn » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • To this we must answer that every colossus as yet discovered in Egypt is a monolith.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • It is a monolith, cut from a block of stone about eleven feet in height.
  • Extract from : « Korean Buddhism » by Frederick Starr
  • The total height of the monument is 52-1/4 feet, and that of the monolith about 20 feet.
  • Extract from : « Jerusalem Explored, Volume I--Text » by Ermete Pierotti
  • Monolith in the vaults of El-Aksa, 82;this taken from the royal caverns, 227.
  • Extract from : « Jerusalem Explored, Volume I--Text » by Ermete Pierotti
  • Carnac, in upper Egypt, is a monolith of the same symbolic character.
  • Extract from : « The God-Idea of the Ancients » by Eliza Burt Gamble
  • The monolith on which it rests is porphyry, and weighs 130,000 pounds.
  • Extract from : « Zigzag Journeys in Europe » by Hezekiah Butterworth
  • It is a monolith of unwrought stone standing sixteen feet high.
  • Extract from : « Stonehenge » by Frank Stevens
  • The monolith is adorned with Egyptian sculptures and hieroglyphs.
  • Extract from : « Patriarchal Palestine » by Archibald Henry Sayce

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