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The Meaning of cornerstone

  • (noun) a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
  • (noun) a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
  • (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

Synonyms

bottom , foundation garment , founding , tail , groundwork , al-Qaida , instauration , butt , pedestal , substructure , posterior , rear end , introduction , can , nates , al-Qaeda , theme , stern , basis , innovation , fundament , nucleotide , foundation , buttocks , prat , radical , root , floor , ground , seat , backside , bum , tooshie , grounding , buns , arse , foot , hindquarters , footing , tail end , behind , origination , understructure , alkali , base , hind end , derriere , rump , ass , home , keister , stem , base of operations , radix , root word , stand , rear , fanny , infrastructure , tush , institution , initiation , al-Qa'ida , creation , bag

Rhymes

acetone , allophone , alone , anemone , anklebone , argonne , arone , athlone , atone , backbone , barbone , baritone , barone , barrone , bastogne , bayonne , bemoan , blackstone , bloodstone , blown , bluestone , boan , boehne , boen , bohn , bohne , bone , bourguignon , bown , bowne , brownstone , calderon , capone , capstone , carbone , carone , catone , chaperone , cheekbone , cherrystone , chiapparone , cicerone , cipollone , cirone , clone , cobblestone , cohn , collarbone , cologne , concepcion , condone , cone , corazon , corporacion , cortisone , crone , curbstone , cyclone , dethrone , diaz-calderon , dictaphone , dijon , disown , doan , doane , doanh , dragone , drone , earphone , eyestone , farone , finestone , firestone , flagstone , flown , fone , francophone , freestone , gallstone , garone , gemstone , gladstone , goldstone , gravestone , greenstone , grindstone , groan , groen , grone , grown , hailstone , halftone , headphone , headstone , hipbone , hoehn , hoehne , hoen , homophone , hone , hormone , intone , jawbone , joan , keystone , kneebone , known , koehn , koehne , koen , kohne , krohn , latrone , leone , limestone , livingstone , loan , lodestone , lone , lupone , malone , mamone , marone , masone , mazon , mcglone , mchone , mckone , mckown , medstone , megaphone , melloan , methadone , microphone , milestone , millstone , milone , mione , moan , moen , mon , monotone , moonstone , oanh , outshone , overblown , overgrown , overtone , own , ozone , palone , paone , pavone , perone , phone , picone , pirone , plohn , postpone , progesterone , prone , ramon , rathbone , raton , redstone , rhinestone , rhone , roan , roane , roen , rone , salone , sandstone , saone , saxophone , scavone , scimone , scone , sewn , sharon , shinbone , shirone , shone , shown , silicone , simone , sloan , sloane , slone , sousaphone , sown , stone , strown , t-bone , telephone , testosterone , throne , thrown , tombstone , tone , touchstone , trombone , trone , tyrone , unbeknown , undertone , unknown , valone , vanstone , varone , videophone , whetstone , wishbone , xylophone , yarchoan , yellowstone , zone