cornerstone
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn/
:
piedra angular
- She proudly pointed out the cornerstone of the historical building that marked its construction in 1920.
- cornerstone laying
- cornerstone laying ceremony
- laid the cornerstone
Examples
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Photo (Black & White): Fig. 4 - The cornerstone of the Eldridge Hotel that was set in 1925.
Academic text (2009) -
This, the text of the cornerstone that they laid that day, reads as follows.
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Even strong castle walls will fall down if the cornerstone is removed.
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Still, technology innovation in the electricity sector has been a cornerstone of global economic progress.
Academic text (2004) -
His mother, an active member of the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, dedicated the cornerstone for the original building.
Academic text (1992) -
The last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, laid the cornerstone of the bridge and named it after his father.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the event, President Packer applied mortar to seal the cornerstone box, which contains items significant to the temple.
Blog text (19) -
Thus, the laying of the cornerstone was presided over by the Grand Mason and attended by 9,000 uniformed masons.
Academic text (2002) -
The mayor attended the ceremony to lay the cornerstone of the new city hall.
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On a sunny day, the community gathered to celebrate the laying of the cornerstone for the library.
Synonyms
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4.5
A stone placed at a building's start during a ceremony, often with the date and founder's name
A stone that sticks out at a building corner or arch to hold it together
Idioms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cornerstone is made of the two simple words corner and stone, and it originally meant a stone put at the corner of a building when work began. That stone marked the building's 'foundation' and was often set in a ceremony to show the start of the construction.