cornerstone
Meaning of cornerstone
- an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based.
a national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy
- a stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, joining two walls.
Information about cornerstone
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cornerstone is: cornerstones.
- Languages in which cornerstone is used:
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Hyphenation of cornerstone
cor-ner-stone
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- cornerstone is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
cornerstone synonyms
Meaning basis:
basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork
Meaning a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together:
Meaning the main agent of motivation:
Meaning a person or thing on which something else is based or depends:
Meaning a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization:
Meaning solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium:
Meaning a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it:
Meaning the part of something that is central to its existence or character:
Meaning a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two:
Meaning the point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere:
Meaning the centre of interest or activity:
Meaning the decisive or most important point at issue:
Meaning a person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance:
Meaning the chief support of a system or organization:
Meaning a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation:
Translation of cornerstone
- Spanish: fundamento, sustrato
- French: fondement
- Italian: fondamento, humus, sostrato, retroterra
Anagrams of cornerstone
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