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foundation stone

foundation stone noun: a stone laid during the construction of a (usually important) building, the laying of which is usually marked by a ceremony.

Noun

foundation stone (plural foundation stones)

  1. A stone laid during the construction of a (usually important) building, the laying of which is usually marked by a ceremony.
    • He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58
  2. (figuratively) The basis of something.
    • England had been infamously stodgy under Gareth Southgate at Euro 2024, albeit as they reached the final and, if anything, Carsley needed a performance here more than a result. He certainly got that in the first half. A new era has its foundation stone.2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian

foundation stone meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

foundation stone in Tamil

அடிக்கல்

foundation stone in Urdu

سنگ بنیاد

foundation stone in Malayalam

foundation stone
തറക്കല്ല് taṟakkallŭ

foundation stone in Kannada

ಮೂಲೆಗಲ್ಲು, ಅಡಿಗಲ್ಲು, ಕೆಸರ್ಗಲ್, ಕೆಸರಕಲ್ಲು, ಕೆಸರುಕಲ್ಲು, ಕೆಸರುಗಲ್ಲು

Forms of foundation stone

pluralfoundation stones

Questions about foundation stone

What does foundation stone mean?
Foundation stone means a stone laid during the construction of a (usually important) building, the laying of which is usually marked by a ceremony.
What is foundation stone in Tamil?
Foundation stone in Tamil is அடிக்கல். See Foundation stone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is foundation stone?
Foundation stone is a noun.
What is the plural of foundation stone?
The plural of foundation stone is foundation stones.

Words near foundation stone in the dictionary

  1. foundation degrees
  2. foundation garment
  3. foundation garments
  4. foundation model
  5. foundation models
  6. foundation stone
  7. foundation stones
  8. foundational
  9. foundational belief
  10. foundational beliefs
  11. foundational witness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foundation stone (page history and authors); foundation stone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foundation stone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); തറക്കല്ല് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); foundation stone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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