Definitions for bedrock

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bedrock bed·rock

Spelling: [bed-rok]

IPA: /ˈbɛdˌrɒk/

Bedrock is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in bedrock (bcdekor).

Definitions for bedrock

noun

1. Geology. unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
2. bottom layer; lowest stratum.
3. any firm foundation or basis:
4. the fundamental principles, as of a teaching, belief, or science:

adjective

1. basic; fundamental.

Origin of bedrock

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50; bed + rock¹

Examples for bedrock

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 bedrock on which they fought was slippery where ice had formed in the crevices.

All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.

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

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

Such a belief was indeed the bedrock of mediaeval political thought.

He is going, said Old Mole, to discover the bedrock of life and live on it.

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

Here was always the reminder of that bedrock principle of his thought.