foundation

1. n. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. n. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. Source: opted

5. n. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity. Source: opted

6. n. the basis on which something is grounded Source: wordnet

7. n. an institution supported by an endowment Source: wordnet

8. n. lowest support of a structure Source: wordnet

9. n. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge Source: wordnet

10. n. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained Source: wordnet

11. n. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body Source: wordnet

12. n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new Source: wordnet

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