Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very large stone used in various prehistoric architectures or monumental styles, notably in western Europe during the second millennium BC.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A great stone; specifically, a stone of great size used in constructive work or as a monument, as in ancient Cyclopean and so-called Druidic or Celtic remains.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large stone; especially, a large stone used in constructing ancient monuments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaeology A
construction involving one or severalroughly hewn stone slabs of great size. - noun A large stone used in such a construction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Plaid Cymru should use its position in government to oppose the building of the Severn Barrage "megalith", the editor of a Welsh language green magazine has told Golwg.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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So maybe the megalith is another harbinger, and it’s all pointing toward your apocalyptic vision, the arrival of the major big bad.
Monolith John Passarella 2004
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So maybe the megalith is another harbinger, and it’s all pointing toward your apocalyptic vision, the arrival of the major big bad.
Monolith John Passarella 2004
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There was a really great period in Nashville when this huge megalith label started doing these small artist records for some of the session players in town.
Mike Ragogna: Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano Mike Ragogna 2011
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As we speak, one giant telecommunications company, the cable/programming megalith Comcast, is poised to take over another, the NBC network of local stations, cable channels and even a movie studio.
Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010
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As we speak, one giant telecommunications company, the cable/programming megalith Comcast, is poised to take over another, the NBC network of local stations, cable channels and even a movie studio.
Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010
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As we speak, one giant telecommunications company, the cable/programming megalith Comcast, is poised to take over another, the NBC network of local stations, cable channels and even a movie studio.
Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010
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There was a really great period in Nashville when this huge megalith label started doing these small artist records for some of the session players in town.
Mike Ragogna: Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano Mike Ragogna 2011
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As we speak, one giant telecommunications company, the cable/programming megalith Comcast, is poised to take over another, the NBC network of local stations, cable channels and even a movie studio.
Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010
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As we speak, one giant telecommunications company, the cable/programming megalith Comcast, is poised to take over another, the NBC network of local stations, cable channels and even a movie studio.
Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010
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