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   Mon·o·lith

   /ˈmänəˌliTH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument: "we passed Stonehenge, the strange stone monoliths silhouetted against the horizon"
   • ▪ a very large and characterless building: "the 72-story monolith overlooking the waterfront"
   • ▪ a large block of concrete sunk in water, e.g. in the building of a dock.
   • 2. a large and impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as intractably indivisible and uniform: "the dominance of broadcasting monoliths limits local programming"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, from monos ‘single’ + lithos ‘stone’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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