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.
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.
A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.
Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.
To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
Any grave marker.
A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
A surviving record.
An exceptional or proud achievement.
An important burial vault or tomb.
A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
A legal document.
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
To mark or memorialize with a monument.