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Monolith
WordNet
noun
(1) A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From monolithe, from monolithus "consisting of a single stone", from μονόλιθος monotlithos, from μόνος monos "single, alone" + λίθος lithos "stone".
Noun
- A large single block of stone, used in architecture and sculpture.
- Anything massive, uniform and unmovable.
- in chromatography, a continuous stationary-phase cast as a homogeneous column in a single piece