noun

monolith

MON-uh-lihth

noun

A single large block of stone, or something built from one, especially a large standing structure or monument.

"Ancient monoliths still stand at the edge of the field."

Something viewed as a single, massive, unchanging whole, especially an organization or system.

"The company was once seen as an unshakeable monolith of the industry."

How to Use Monolith

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA single giant block of stone, or, more loosely, something huge and rigidly uniform.

Common pairings

a stone monolith a corporate monolith

monolithed past tense, monoliths plural, monoliths singular

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From French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, "made from a single stone" — combining "mono-" (single) with lithos (stone).