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Meaning of 'fundament' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fundament [ n.]
- Foundation.
- The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus.

Meaning of 'fundament' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fundament [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example in sentence:
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?;
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
Meaning (2):
- lowest support of a structure
Example in sentence:
  • he stood at the foot of the tower;
  • it was built on a base of solid rock
Meaning (3):
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Example in sentence:
  • the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

Nearby Words:

fun funambulate funambulation funambulatory funambulist funambulo funambulus function functional functionalize

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