fundament
Americannoun
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the buttocks.
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the anus.
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a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation.
noun
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euphemistic the buttocks
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the natural features of the earth's surface, unaltered by man
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a base or foundation, esp of a building
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a theory, principle, or underlying basis
Etymology
Origin of fundament
1250–1300; < Latin fundāmentum foundation; replacing Middle English fondement < Old French. See found 1, -ment
Example Sentences
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“Sand is the fundament of all the major new technologies of our time,” he points out, “the material from which we make the microelectronics inside our computers, robots, and networks, among other things.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Stevo Pendarovski, president of North Macedonia, called peace “the fundament of everything.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023
The Princeton-based composer, 32, collapses perceptions between East and West, electronic and acoustic, fundament and future.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022
It is not only a vector by which “religion” enters public discourse, but a crucial means by which we identify and measure the merits of “religion”: a corrosive fundament, a wince-inducing distraction, a necessary corrective.
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2013
We have constructed the edifice of our modern civilization upon the fundament of wisdom that had been built at great pains by the people of the ancient world.
From Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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