cornerstones
Meaning of cornerstones
plural noun
- an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based.
a national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy
- a stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, joining two walls.
Information about cornerstones
- It is a name.
- The singular form of cornerstones is: cornerstone.
- Languages in which cornerstones is used:
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Hyphenation of cornerstones
cor-ner-stones
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- cornerstones is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
cornerstones synonyms
Meaning an underlying basis or principle:
Meaning the system or principles according to which an activity or process is carried on:
Meaning a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together:
Meaning the main agent of motivation:
Meaning a person or thing on which something else is based or depends:
Meaning a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization:
Meaning solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium:
Meaning the foundation or basis of something:
Meaning the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported:
Meaning a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it:
Meaning the part of something that is central to its existence or character:
Meaning a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two:
Meaning the point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere:
Meaning the centre of interest or activity:
Meaning the decisive or most important point at issue:
Meaning a person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance:
Meaning the chief support of a system or organization:
Meaning a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation:
Anagrams of cornerstones
Words that rhyme with cornerstones
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