FOUNDATION STONE


Meaning of FOUNDATION STONE in English

founˈdation ˌstone BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . a large stone that is placed at the base of a new building, usually by an important person as part of a ceremony

2 . the facts, ideas, principles etc that form the base from which something else develops:

Greek and Latin were once viewed as the foundation stones of a good education.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.