monolith vs slab

monolith

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

slab

noun
  • A paving stone; a flagstone. 

  • A poured-concrete foundation for a building. 

  • A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories. 

  • A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat. 

  • A very large wave. 

  • The slack part of a sail. 

  • A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac. 

  • The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation. 

  • An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc. 

  • A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers. 

  • A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer). 

  • Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted. 

verb
  • To make something into a slab. 

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