OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15487

bedrock

/ˈbɛd.ɹɒk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lecho pétreo • material rocoso • roca firme • roca madre
The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.
Listen! It's big. Only eight to twenty feet to bedrock. There won't be a claim that don't run to half a million.
The denudation of the land was upon a grand scale. All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.
basa • cimiento
A basis or foundation.
If culture is the bedrock of a society, then language is the cornerstone of culture.
Now, although like most young people, Godfrey was indolent and evasive of difficulties, fearful of facing troubles also, he had a bedrock of character.
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