Associations to the word «Bedrock»

Wiktionary

BEDROCK, noun. (uncountable) (geology) (mining) (engineering) (construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
BEDROCK, noun. A basis or foundation.

Dictionary definition

BEDROCK, noun. Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
BEDROCK, noun. Principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats