Cornerstone

Definition: Cornerstone

Cornerstone

Noun

1. The fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture".

2. A stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies.

3. A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls.

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Date "cornerstone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references)

Synonyms: Cornerstone

Crosswords: Cornerstone

Cornerstone of the neighborhood! (Barbershop; writing credit: Mark Brown)

Integrity is the cornerstone of trust. (references; author: unknown)

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References

• Cornerstone Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Cornerstone Bible King James Version: Burgundy Bonded Leather Compact Snap Flap [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• Exploring Church History (Nelson's Christian Cornerstone Series) (reference)

• The Holy Bible: Cornerstone King James Version Master Study Bible Burgundy Genuine Leather (reference)

• The White House: Cornerstone of a Nation (reference)

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Periodicals

• Nlada Cornerstone (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Sloan Career Cornerstone Series (Set of 9 videotapes) (reference)

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Music

• Cornerstone (reference)

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High Tech

• Cornerstone 18.1In LCD 28MM 1280X1024 85Hz F825 TFT Stn Tco99 3 Yr Warranty (reference)

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Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington, wields a trowel. Looking on is the Surgeon General Thomas Parran at the laying of the cornerstone of the new National Cancer Institute Building 6 on June 24, 1939. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

On June 24, 1939, the National Cancer Institute's first building, building 6, was dedicated and the cornerstone was laid. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Dwight D. Eisenhower cornerstone on CDC, Building 1, Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: CDC.

Charles Evans Hughes, laying cornerstone. Credit: Library of Congress.

Laying of cornerstone of new Physical Laboratory, Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cornerstone of Agricultural College and the School of Mines. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cornerstone of church at Nicholson Hollow, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. Building. Cornerstone laying of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. Building I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Calvin Coolidge speaking at cornerstone laying, at the Jewish Community Center, Washington, D.C.(?), with band in foreground, and visitors in background. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

For most stroke patients, physical therapy (PT) is the cornerstone of the rehabilitation process. (references)

Although antibiotics will help to control infections, the cornerstone of treatment is gammaglobulin therapy. (references)

Therapy -- whether for movement, speech, or practical tasks -- is a cornerstone of cerebral palsy treatment. (references)

Business

Widespread public telephone accessibility forms the cornerstone of Kenya's universal access policy. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bosnia and Herzegovina

A successful cornerstone laying ceremony was held on June 18, attended by RS President Sarovic and Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic, during which RS police held back protesters. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

For example, on June 4, the Islamic community, in consultation with the international community, agreed to delay a plan to lay the cornerstone at the central mosque in Stolac; instead placing a fence around the site. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in security and nonproliferation has been a cornerstone of the relationship. (references)

Minorities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On May 7, a riot broke out in Banja Luka on the occasion of a similar cornerstone laying ceremony for the reconstruction of the destroyed Ferhadija Central Mosque; approximately 200 of the estimated 2,000 to 5,000 protesters broke through police lines and violently attacked participants, including elderly persons, government officials, and representatives of the international community. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On May 5, approximately 1,500 Serbs, many of them from the hard-line nationalist Ravna Gora Chetnik movement, disrupted a cornerstone laying ceremony for the reconstruction of the destroyed Omar Pasha mosque in Trebinje, in the southern RS. Members of the crowd beat the local OHR representative and a television cameraman in a scuffle that resulted as the Serbs blocked Bosniak and international dignitaries from entering the site. (references)

Political Economy

Australia

The 1951 Australia-New Zealand-United States (ANZUS) treaty serves as a cornerstone for our security arrangements in the region. (references)

Trade

Mexico

The cornerstone of conformity assessment in Mexico is the 1992 Federal Law of Metrology and Standardization (as amended on December 24, 1996 and May 20, 1997), which provides for greater transparency and access by the public and interested parties to the mandatory standard formulation process. (references)

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Expression using "cornerstone": lay a cornerstone. Additional references.

Albanian

gur i themelit, gur i qoshes (headstone). (various references)

Bulgarian 

крайъгълен камък (apex stone, headstone, keystone, quoin). (various references)

Chinese 

基石 . (various references)

Czech

základní kámen (foundation stone, headstone), úhelný kámen. (various references)

Farsi 

نبشی , سنگ گوشه , اساس (Base, Basis, Bedrock, Element, Fabric, Ground, Groundwork, Nucleus, Root). (various references)

German

grundstein (foundation stone, headstone), Meilenstein (landmark, milestone). (various references)

Greek 

ακρωγωνιαίοσ λίθοσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

לירות אבן פ� �" (lay a cornerstone). (various references)

Indonesian

batu permata. (various references)

Italian

pietra angolare. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

礎石 (foundation stone), 礎 (foundation stone). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そせき (foundation stone), きせき (augite, foundation stone, locus, marvel, miracle, pyroxene, roster of the dead, wagon tracks, wonder), ど� いいし (foundation stone), いしずえ (foundation stone), ちゅうせき (alluvial, pillar). (various references)

Korean 

초석 (saltpeter, saltpetre). (various references)

Manx

clagh chorneilagh (headstone, quoin), ard-ghooinney (boss, chief, dignitary). (various references)

Pig Latin

ornerstonecay

Portuguese

pedra angular (headstone, keystone, quoin). (various references)

Russian 

краеугольный камень (corner-stone, head stone, headstone, keystone). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

temeljac, kamen temeljac (headstone). (various references)

Spanish

piedra angular (headstone, kingpin, quoin). (various references)

Swedish

hörnsten (corner stone, keystone). (various references)

Ukrainian

наріжний камінь (cap-stone). (various references)

coigne. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cornerstone": cornerstones. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cornerstone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conerstone, cornerston, khornerstone. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nonsecretor.

-1 letter: rencontres.

-2 letters: consenter, cretonnes, rencontre, rotenones.

-3 letters: centners, centones, conenose, connotes, coroners, coronets, creosote, cretonne, crooners, ecotones, enterons, erectors, notornes, oestrone, onscreen, rotenone, secretor, tenoners.

-4 letters: cenotes, centers, centner, centres, conners, connote, consent, consort, cooters, corners, cornets, coroner, coronet, crooner, crotons, ecotone, encores, enroots, enteron, erector, estrone, necrose, rectors, rennets, renters, rescore, restore, rooster.

+1 letter: cornerstones, nonsecretors, nonsecretory, reconnoiters, reconnoitres.

+2 letters: correspondent, countertenors.

+3 letters: correspondents, neurosecretion, nonintercourse, nonsecretories, reconsecration, serotoninergic.

+4 letters: counterresponse, interconversion, neurosecretions, nonintercourses, reconsecrations, reconsideration.

+5 letters: counterreactions, counterresponses, interconversions, reconcentrations, reconsiderations.