Synonyms for bedrock
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bed-rok |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛdˌrɒk |
Définition of bedrock
Origin :- also bed-rock, 1850, from bed (n.) + rock (n.). Figurative use by 1869; as an adjective by 1881.
- noun basis
- Such a belief was indeed the bedrock of mediaeval political thought.
- Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
- All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.
- Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The bedrock on which they fought was slippery where ice had formed in the crevices.
- Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn
- Here was always the reminder of that bedrock principle of his thought.
- Extract from : « Ruskin Relics » by W. G. Collingwood
- He is going, said Old Mole, to discover the bedrock of life and live on it.
- Extract from : « Old Mole » by Gilbert Cannan
- “I suppose that is the bedrock of the proposition,” he said.
- Extract from : « The Terms of Surrender » by Louis Tracy
- During it and the succeeding night she went down to the bedrock of realization.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
- The bedrock was gone; the concrete was gone; the asphalt was gone.
- Extract from : « Freudian Slip » by Franklin Abel
- Everything from bedrock to loam that belonged to the Earth itself had disappeared.
- Extract from : « Freudian Slip » by Franklin Abel
- This pool was 100 feet by 50 feet, shallow, and with bedrock bottom.
- Extract from : « Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas » by Artie L. Metcalf
Antonyms for bedrock
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