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bedrock

[ bed-rok ]

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noun

Geology. unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
bottom layer; lowest stratum.
any firm foundation or basis:
Technical courses will be founded on a bedrock of sound, general education so as to produce a well-rounded engineer.
the fundamental principles, as of a teaching, belief, or science:
Let's strip away the cant and get down to bedrock.

bedrock

/ ˈbɛdˌrɒk /

the solid unweathered rock that lies beneath the loose surface deposits of soil, alluvium, etc
basic principles or facts (esp in the phrase get down to bedrock )
the lowest point, level, or layer

bedrock

/ bĕd′rŏk′ /

The solid rock that lies beneath the soil and other loose material on the Earth's surface.

Origin of bedrock¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; bed + rock ¹

So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.

“To minimize sprawl” has become a bedrock catchphrase of the core political ideology.

Freedom will seep into the bedrock as we rediscover our backbone.

“We know more about Bedrock than we do about most other vineyards on account of the people who owned it,” Peterson explained.

The Constitution of the United States has been the bedrock upon which our country was built over the past 225 years.

The rubble and bedrock bottoms found in most streams of the Flint Hills have been described.

In many places the streams of the Big Caney system flow over resistant limestone members, which form a bedrock bottom.

One long pool 500 feet by 50 feet with a variety of depths and bottom conditions ranging from mud to bedrock.

Firm-fixed it stood upon its bedrock of tradition that in matters of fraud, crime should be punished to the full limit of the law.

Deep, unconstricted bedrock channels and basins with weak currents occur in mid-Bay and the west inlet.

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