bedrock
IPA: bˈɛdrɑk
noun
- (uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
- (figurative) A basis or foundation.
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.
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Examples of "bedrock" in Sentences
- The bedrock of the ravine consists of Gneiss.
- Most of the bedrock of the mountain is granite.
- That is the bedrock basis of the scientific method.
- The bedrock in the area is composed mostly of pebbles.
- Slavery was the bedrock of the Roman and World economy.
- Most of the bedrock of the mountain is limestone and granite.
- It was the law, and the bedrock of the Roman and World economy.
- The caves were formed by the action of water on the limestone bedrock.
- Parliamentary Sovereignty is the bedrock of the Westminster Tradition.
- As we walked down the road we found that most scarps had either just mangled bedrock or crushed limestone rock fall deposits.
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