'bedrock' definitions:
Definition of 'bedrock'
(from WordNet)
noun
Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil
noun
Principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics" [syn: fundamentals, basics, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock]
Synonyms of 'bedrock'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aa,
- abyssal rock,
- basalt,
- base,
- basement,
- basic,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- belly,
- block lava,
- bottom,
- bottom side,
- bottommost,
- brash,
- breccia,
- breech,
- buttocks,
- central,
- conglomerate,
- crag,
- deepest,
- downside,
- druid stone,
- essential,
- festooned pahoehoe,
- floor,
- flooring,
- focal,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- gneiss,
- granite,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- igneous rock,
- indispensable,
- infrastructure,
- lava,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- limestone,
- living rock,
- lower side,
- lower strata,
- lowest,
- lowest layer,
- lowest level,
- lowest point,
- magma,
- mantlerock,
- material,
- metamorphic rock,
- monolith,
- nadir,
- nether side,
- nethermost,
- nethermost level,
- of vital importance,
- pahoehoe,
- pavement,
- pillar,
- pillow lava,
- porphyry,
- principle,
- pudding stone,
- radical,
- regolith,
- riprap,
- rock,
- rock bottom,
- rock-bottom,
- root,
- ropy lava,
- rubble,
- rubblestone,
- rudiment,
- sandstone,
- sarsen,
- schist,
- scoria,
- scree,
- seat,
- sedimentary rock,
- shelly pahoehoe,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stereobate,
- stone,
- stylobate,
- substantive,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- talus,
- terra firma,
- tower,
- tufa,
- tuff,
- underbelly,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underlayer,
- underlying level,
- undermost,
- underneath,
- underpinning,
- underside,
- understruction,
- understructure,
- vital