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cornerstone

释义

Noun: cornerstone 'kornur`stown

The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork
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

Derived forms: cornerstones

Type of: assumption, stone, supposal, supposition

Part of: building, edifice, explanation

Encyclopedia: Cornerstone Cornerstone, Pennsylvania

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