what does fundament mean?
FUNDAMENT as NOUN
- Meaning
- lowest support of a structure
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- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
Hypernyms(s) fundament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Hypernyms(s) fundament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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- the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Hypernyms(s) fundament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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