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Bedrock

noun

Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.

Principles from which other truths can be derived. Synonyms: basic principle, basics, fundamental principle, fundamentals. "Let's get down to basics"

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"Bedrock" Quotes from Famous Books

... continued Tennessee's Partner hastily. "I play this yer hand alone. To come down to the bedrock, it's just this: Tennessee, thar, has played it pretty rough and expensive-like on a stranger, and on this yer camp. And now, what's the fair thing? Some would say more; some would say less. Here's seventeen hundred dollars in coarse gold ...

— Tennessee's Partner • Bret Harte

Words linked to "Bedrock" : ABC's, ABCs, rudiment, stone, rock, first principle, fundamentals, alphabet, principle, ABC, first rudiment