Definition & Meaning | English word MONOLITH

Definitions of MONOLITH

1. (also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.
2. (also, attributively and figurative) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
3. (chemistry) A substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc.
4. (Britain, horticulture) A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.
5. (transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
6. A unincorporated community in Kern County, California, USA.

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