Definition of foundation

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Foundation (n.) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity..

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Superstructive :: Superstruction (n.) That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure..
Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Mine :: Mine (v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means..
Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft..
Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..
Bed :: Bed (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine..
Raze :: Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
Podium :: Podium (n.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall..
Begin :: Begin (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect..
Subvert :: Subvert (v. t.) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
Base :: Base (n.) To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon..
Altitude :: Altitude (n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree..
Footing :: Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
Chapellany :: Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
Airy :: Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Bed :: Bed (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock..
Founder :: Founder (n.) One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows..
Water Table :: Water table () A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall..
Fundamentally :: Fundamentally (adv.) Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
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