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| Main Entry: |
monolith
 [mon-uh-lith] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large monument |
| Synonyms: | block, column, menhir, monument, pillar, statue, stone |
| Main Entry: | memorial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monument, testimonial in honor, praise |
| Synonyms: | cairn, ceremony, column, headstone, inscription, keepsake, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pillar, plaque, record, relic, remembrance, reminder, shaft, slab, souvenir, statue, stele, tablet, token, tombstone, trophy |
| Main Entry: | monument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | memorial, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | cairn, cenotaph, column, commemoration, erection, footstone, gravestone, headstone, ledger, magnum opus, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pile, pillar, record, reminder, shrine, slab, statue, stele, stone, tablet, testament, token, tomb, tombstone, tower, tribute, witness |
Example Sentences
- It is probably the result of a collision that shattered a pre-existing monolith.
- Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code, it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame.
- However, the state is far from being a predictable monolith.
| Main Entry: | pyramid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monument |
| Synonyms: | cairn, cenotaph, edifice, mastaba, memorial, monolith, obelisk, shrine, tomb, tribute |
| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very high building or building part |
| Synonyms: | belfry, castle, citadel, cloud buster, column, fort, fortification, fortress, high rise, keep, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret |
| Main Entry: | megalith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stone monument |
| Synonyms: | boulder, cromlech, monolith, standing stone |
| Main Entry: | obelisk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stone pillar |
| Synonyms: | column, dagger, mark, monolith, monument, needle, pillar, pylon, shaft, tower |
| Main Entry: | shaft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long part of something |
| Synonyms: | arrow, axis, axle, bar, barb, beam, chimney, column, conduit, cylinder, diaphysis, duct, flue, handle, helve, hole, lance, missile, monolith, obelisk, pillar, pinnacle, pole, ray, rod, spear, spindle, spire, thill, tongue, tunnel, vent |
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