n. Function: noun
1 something on which another thing is reared or built or by which it is supported or fixed in place FF1C; the base of a lamp FF1E;
Synonyms: basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, hardpan, infrastructure, rest, seat, seating, substratum, substruction, substructure, underpinning, understructure; compare BASIS 1
Related Words: bolster, buttress, framework, prop, stand, stay, support; foot
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Synonyms: BASIS 1, bedrock, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, root, substratum, underpinning, warrant
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Synonyms: BOTTOM 3, foot, nadir