cornerstone
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Types & categories
- supposal hypernym
- meat and potatoes hyponym
Parts & wholes
- explanation part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
Types & categories
- stone hypernym
Parts & wholes
- building part holonym
Sense 3 noun
a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
Types & categories
- stone hypernym
Parts & wholes
- building part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | base |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | basal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | explanation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | supposal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meat and potatoes |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stone |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stone |