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Defenition of the word cornerstone

    • Defenition of the word cornerstone

      • A stone uniting two masonry walls at an intersection.
      • Something that is essential, indispensable, or basic.
      • The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained.
      • the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
      • a stone out the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
      • a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
      • a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
      • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
      • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

    Synonyms for the word cornerstone

      • base
      • basis
      • foundation
      • foundation stone
      • fundament
      • groundwork
      • keystone

    Similar words in the cornerstone

      • cornerstone
      • cornerstone's
      • cornerstones

    Meronymys for the word cornerstone

      • building
      • edifice
      • explanation

    Hyponyms for the word cornerstone

      • meat and potatoes

    Hypernyms for the word cornerstone

      • assumption
      • stone
      • supposal
      • supposition

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