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bedrock
[bed-rok]
noun
Geology.unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
bottom layer; lowest stratum.
any firm foundation or basis.
Technical courses will be founded on a bedrock of sound, general education so as to produce a well-rounded engineer.
the fundamental principles, as of a teaching, belief, or science.
Let's strip away the cant and get down to bedrock.
adjective
basic; fundamental.
bedrock
/ ˈɛˌɒ /
noun
the solid unweathered rock that lies beneath the loose surface deposits of soil, alluvium, etc
basic principles or facts (esp in the phrase get down to bedrock )
the lowest point, level, or layer
bedrock
The solid rock that lies beneath the soil and other loose material on the Earth's surface.
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
For as long as most of us can remember, "states' rights" was the bedrock of American conservative ideology.
In an overheated rant posted to X, the Trump adviser said that Bass and Newsom sought the "nullification... of federal law, of national sovereignty, and of the bedrock constitutional command of one national government."
"The guiding light, the bedrock here, needs to be compliance with international law. That's what we keep talking about, is the rules-based order."
This will surely mean key duo Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes have no need to eye pastures new and will form the bedrock for further progress next season.
Now, the authors wrote, “some of the bedrock of clinical wisdom in psychiatry has begun to erode.”
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