CORNERSTONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
   Hypernyms(s) cornerstone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a stone in the exterior of a large and important building
   • usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
   Hypernyms(s) cornerstone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
   Synonym(s)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • basis (what does basis mean?)
   • foundation (what does foundation mean?)
   • fundament (what does fundament mean?)
   • groundwork (what does groundwork mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
   Hypernyms(s) cornerstone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • assumption (what does assumption mean?)
   • supposition (what does supposition mean?)
   • supposal (what does supposal mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • meat and potatoes (what does meat and potatoes mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)