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Keystone

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Noun

1. anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay

a central cohesive source of support and stability

Example Sentences:
'faith is his anchor'
'the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money'
'he is the linchpin of this firm'

2. headstone, key, keystone

the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Keystone

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noun
1. Also called: headstone, quoin
the central stone at the top of an arch or the top stone of a dome or vault
2. 
something that is necessary to connect or support a number of other related things

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Keystone

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adjective
designating, of, or like the slapstick comedy of a series of silent films featuring a bungling, inept squad of policemen (Keystone Kops or Keystone Cops) in wild chases, etc.
noun
1. 
the central, topmost stone of an arch, popularly thought of as especially holding the others in place
2. 
that one of a number of associated parts or things that supports or holds together the others; main part or principle

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Keystone

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n.
1. Architecture A wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch, often larger or more ornamented than the other voussoirs. Also called headstone.
2. The central supporting element of a whole.

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