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monolith

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monolith
1. a large block of stone or anything that resembles one in appearance, intractability, etc.
2. a statue, obelisk, column, etc., cut from one block of stone
3. a large hollow foundation piece sunk as a caisson and having a number of compartments that are filled with concrete when it has reached its correct position
monolith [′män·ə‚lith]
(materials)
A large concrete block.
monolith
An architectural member (as an obelisk, the shaft of a column, etc.) consisting of a single stone.
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Half an hour later I was sitting on a bench inspecting, with strong interest, a noble monolith which we were skimming by--a monolith not shaped by man, but by Nature's free great hand--a massy pyramidal rock eighty feet high, devised by Nature ten million years ago against the day when a man worthy of it should need it for his monument.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Thuvia of Ptarth watched the shadow behind the monolith at the opening to the avenue opposite her.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For an instant he appeared, in this frame of granite, like the angel of chaos, but in pushing back the lateral rocks, he lost his point of support, for the monolith which weighed upon his shoulders, and the boulder, pressing upon him with all its weight, brought the giant down upon his knees.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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