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monolithed

monolithed is the simple past and past participle of monolith.

Meaning of monolith

Verb

monolith (third-person singular simple present monoliths, present participle monolithing, simple past and past participle monolithed)

  1. (transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
    • [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?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...
    1. (transitive) To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
      • It should be noted that the parapets, also monolithing with the decking slab, contribute an important share to the effective resistance of the work.1927, Ferro-concrete: The Monthly Review of Reinforced Concrete, volume 19, London: London & Norwich Press, →OCLC, page 58
    2. (UK, transitive) To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches.
      • 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...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

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Questions about monolithed

What is monolithed the simple past and past participle of?
Monolithed is the simple past and past participle of monolith.

Words near monolithed in the dictionary

  1. monoliteral
  2. monoliterate
  3. monoliterates
  4. monolith
  5. monolithal
  6. monolithed
  7. monolithiation
  8. monolithic
  9. monolithic programming
  10. monolithically
  11. monolithicity

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