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fundament
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fundament has 3 senses
- fundament(n = noun.cognition) base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" is a part of explanation
- fundament(n = noun.body) arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" is a kind of body part
- fundament(n = noun.artifact) base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, understructure - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" has particulars: bed, raft foundation
has particulars: meat and potatoes
is a kind of assumption, supposal, supposition
is a part of body, torso, trunk
is a part of construction, structure
is a kind of support
CIDE DICTIONARY
fundament, n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See Fund.].
- Foundation. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically
(Anat.) , the anus. Hume. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fundament, n. joc. the buttocks.
Etymology
ME f. OF fondement f. L fundamentum (as FOUND(2))
THESAURUS
fundament
backside, base, basement, basis, beam, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, behind, belly, bottom, bottom side, breech, buttocks, derriere, downside, floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundamental, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, lower side, lowest layer, lowest level, nether side, nethermost level, pavement, posterior, principle, radical, rear, riprap, rock bottom, rudiment, rump, seat, sill, solid ground, solid rock, stereobate, stylobate, substratum, substruction, substructure, terra firma, underbelly, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlayer, underneath, underpinning, underside, understruction, understructure
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