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fundament

noun

Lowest support of a structure

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Word length
9
Starts with
F
Ends with
T
Contains
UN
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. Lowest support of a structure

    “It was built on a base of solid rock”

noun

  1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

    “He deserves a good kick in the butt”

noun

  1. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

    “The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture”

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It was built on a base of solid rock
He stood at the foot of the tower
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

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