keystone

Speech parts

1. keystone - Noun

2. keystone - Verb

3. Keystone - Proper noun

Meaning

The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anchor mainstay linchpin lynchpin foundation support backbone pivot headstone key cornerstone key element core element arch cotter
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Antonyms

side outside border edge margin closure
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Hypernyms

support building block

Hyponyms

quoin coign coigne

Phrases with the word

the keystone state keystone to success central keystone

Examples

faith is his anchor Source: Internet

the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money Source: Internet

he is the linchpin of this firm Source: Internet

Cartoon about the absence of the U.S. from the League of Nations, depicted as the missing keystone of the arch. Source: Internet

Chan (1963) However, the concepts of those keystone texts cannot be equated with Taoism as a whole. Source: Internet

A legal battle over the deadline for mail in ballots has made things murkier in the Keystone State, and the mail in ballots more favoured by Biden supporters could mean that early results from the state don’t give us the full picture. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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