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bedrock

[ bed-rok ]

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noun

Geology. unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
bottom layer; lowest stratum.
any firm foundation or basis:
Technical courses will be founded on a bedrock of sound, general education so as to produce a well-rounded engineer.
the fundamental principles, as of a teaching, belief, or science:
Let's strip away the cant and get down to bedrock.

adjective

basic; fundamental.

bedrock

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noun

the solid unweathered rock that lies beneath the loose surface deposits of soil, alluvium, etc
basic principles or facts (esp in the phrase get down to bedrock )
the lowest point, level, or layer

bedrock

The solid rock that lies beneath the soil and other loose material on the Earth's surface.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedrock¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; bed + rock ¹

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So far researchers have found 39 adult skeletons lying in graves carved out of the thick limestone bedrock.

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With layers of clay and bedrock of chalk, the subsurface is too soft to drill a bore tunnel, said Per Goltermann, a professor in concrete and structures at the Technical University of Denmark.

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On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed changing the definition of “harm” in the bedrock environmental law, which conservationists say will undermine protections for vulnerable animals.

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A novelist with a sharp social conscience, whether setting her fiction in the present or past, Groff burrows under the bedrock of culture to explore the moral rot underneath.

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The estimates will serve as the bedrock of a revised state budget plan the governor presents to the Democratic-led legislature next month.

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