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 small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
One who keeps secrets.
To bury.