bedrock
noun
1 bedrock
Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
Roget 211:
base,
basement;
plinth,
dado,
wainscot;
baseboard,
mopboard†;
bedrock,
hardpan [U.S.];
foundation
etc.
(support)
215;
substructure,
substratum,
ground,
earth,
pavement,
floor,
paving,
flag,
carped,
ground floor,
deck;
footing,
ground work,
basis;
hold,
bilge.
bottom,
nadir,
foot,
sole,
toe,
hoof,
keel,
root;
centerboard.
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2 bedrock
Principles from which other truths can be derived.
synonyms: basic principle, basics, fundamental principle, fundamentals.
Dutch: basisidee, grondgedachte
Polish: katechizm, ABC, elementarz, abc, podstawy, rudymenty, elementy, abecadło, alfabet
Moby thesaurus: aa, abyssal rock, basalt, base, basement, basic, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, belly, block lava, bottom, bottom side, bottommost, brash, breccia, breech, buttocks, central, conglomerate, crag, deepest, downside, druid stone, essential, festooned pahoehoe, floor, flooring, focal, fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, gneiss, granite, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, igneous rock, indispensable, infrastructure, lava, life-and-death, life-or-death, limestone, living rock, lower side, lower strata, lowest, lowest layer, lowest level, lowest point, magma, mantlerock, material, metamorphic rock, monolith, nadir, nether side, nethermost, nethermost level, of vital importance, pahoehoe, pavement, pillar, pillow lava, porphyry, principle, pudding stone, radical, regolith, riprap, rock, rock bottom, rock-bottom, root, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, rudiment, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree, seat, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, sill, solid ground, solid rock, stereobate, stone, stylobate, substantive, substratum, substruction, substructure, talus, terra firma, tower, tufa, tuff, underbelly, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlayer, underlying level, undermost, underneath, underpinning, underside, understruction, understructure, vital ... show more.
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