Thesaurus: foundation

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1. n. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
2. n. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
3. n. The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. n. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
5. n. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
6. n. the basis on which something is grounded
7. n. an institution supported by an endowment
8. n. lowest support of a structure
9. n. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
10. n. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
11. n. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
12. n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new