RUDIMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
   Usage Example(s)
   • Meckel’’s diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac
   Hypernyms(s) rudiment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body part (what does body part mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
   Synonym(s)
   • ABC (what does ABC mean?)
   • ABC’s (what does ABC’s mean?)
   • ABCs (what does ABCs mean?)
   • alphabet (what does alphabet mean?)
   • first principle (what does first principle mean?)
   • first rudiment (what does first rudiment mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he mastered only the rudiments of geometry
   Hypernyms(s) rudiment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fundamentals (what does fundamentals mean?)
   • basics (what does basics mean?)
   • fundamental principle (what does fundamental principle mean?)
   • basic principle (what does basic principle mean?)
   • bedrock (what does bedrock mean?)