Bedrock

Quick meaning: Bedrock is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A basis or foundation.
2. (Internet slang, self-harm) The bones.
3. (transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.

Example Sentences

If culture is the bedrock of a society, then language is the cornerstone of culture.

Listen! It's big. Only eight to twenty feet to bedrock. There won't be a claim that don't run to half a million.

The research on the Like button was an example of how Facebook has questioned the bedrock features of social networking.

The denudation of the land was upon a grand scale. All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.

Word Forms

• bedrocks
• bedrocking
• bedrocked

Synonyms for bedrock

Depending on context, synonyms include fundamentals, basics.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fundamentals, basics, rock, subsoil, geologic, geological.

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