monolith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒn.ə.lɪθ/
ipa: /ˈmɒn.lɪθ/
ipa: /ˈmɑn.əˌlɪθ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmoːnoːˌlit̪/
rhymes: -ɒnəlɪθ
rhymes: -ɒnlɪθ
rhymes: -ɑnəlɪθ
Forms: form: monoliths
form: monolithing
form: monolithed
form: monolithed
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from French monolithe (“object made from a single block of stone”), from Middle French monolythe (“made from a single block of stone”) (rare), and from their etymon Latin monolithus (“made from a single block of stone”), from Ancient Greek μονόλιθος (monólithos, “made from a single block of stone”), from μονο- (mono-, prefix meaning ‘alone; single’) (from μόνος (mónos, “alone; only, unique”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + λίθος (líthos, “a stone; stone as a substance”); analysable as mono- + -lith. The English word is cognate with German monolith (“made from a single block of stone”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: [Fatema] Mernissi constructs a single dominant view of sexuality among Muslims while she purports to be doing sociology or anthropology. [...] [I]s it Mernissi's contention that only Islam is monolithed in stone by an overarching patriarchy?
ref: 2005, Daniel Martin Varisco, “Beyond the Veil: At Play in the Bed of the Prophet”, in Islam Obscured: The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion), New York, N.Y.; Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Secondary waste solids such as fines from high-temperature filters and the bag house can be mixed with the bed product and monolithed for disposal.
ref: 2011, Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance, Division of Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, National Research Council, “Waste Processing and Waste Form Production”, in Waste Forms Technology and Performance: Final Report, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
examples: text: It should be noted that the parapets, also monolithing with the decking slab, contribute an important share to the effective resistance of the work.
ref: 1927, Ferro-concrete: The Monthly Review of Reinforced Concrete, volume 19, London: London & Norwich Press, →OCLC, page 58:
text: The main construction operations are the following: [...] 101,000 cu m of pre-fabricated concrete and 89,000 cu m for monolithing pre-fabricated structures.
ref: 1963, New Horizons: Topmost Dams of the World, Tokyo: Nihon Damu Kyōkai [Japan Dam Association], →OCLC, page 229, column 2:
text: The idea of joint action of carrying constructions for the seismic load by monolithing horizontal and vertical joints is [the] basis of designing frameless large panel buildings for earthquake resistance [...]
ref: 1965, Proceedings of the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, volume 3, Berkeley, Calif.: University Extension, Department of Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 614:
text: Foundations were tied and monolithed, ductility was added to the structures [...] and specific measures were prescribed for each building, designed to prevent the entry of water into the ground; prohibiting wells, and channeling surface runoff.
ref: 2016, J. A. Martin-Caro, I. Paniagua, “Erbil Citadel Restoration: Some Thoughts on Earth-built Constructions Exposed to Seismic Action”, in C[arlos] A. Brebbia, editor, Sustainable Development (WIT Transactions on the Built Environment; 168), volume 1, Ashurst, Hampshire: WIT Press; Billerica, Mass.: Computational Mechanics International, →ISBN, →ISSN, section 9 (Architectural Heritage), page 588:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
examples: text: Residents who use the park regularly for sports say they are gobsmacked that the council consider cutting the tree down as the only option. But the council have said that public safety is paramount when assessing damaged trees, a branch crashing down could kill someone, and that the tree is not being cut down but just monolithed.
ref: 2018 December 5, Daniel Clark, “Campaigners Tie Themselves to Historic Cowick Barton Oak Tree that Council Says is Dangerous”, in Devon Live, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2018:
text: The go-ahead has been given to fell 23 Lawson cypress and ‘monolith’ (reduce to their main stems, without branches) four dead alder, which made up part of the woodland off Bickland Water Road.
ref: 2020 February 19, Emma Ferguson, The Falmouth Packet, Falmouth, Cornwall: Packet Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2020:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.