Bedrock

What do we mean by bedrock?

The solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel. noun

The very basis; the foundation. noun

The lowest point. noun

In mining, the older crystalline and slaty rocks which underlie the unconsolidated gravelly and volcanic beds of Tertiary and Post-tertiary ages, along the flanks of the Sierra Nevada. noun

Hence That which underlies anything else, as a foundation; bottom layer; lowest stratum. noun

The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

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. noun

A basis or foundation. noun

Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil noun

Principles from which other truths can be derived noun

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.

A basis or foundation.

Words that are spelled similarly to bedrock:
bedrock, bed rock.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bedrock:
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Words that rhyme with bedrock:
stock, block, rock, talk, lock, clock, walk, cock, shock, hawk, mock, dock, flock, stalk, balk, ad hoc, hoc, hock, knock, chalk, bloc, toque, sock, doc, deadlock, hemlock, livestock, gawk, peacock, chock, roc, smock, bach, jock, squawk, mach, crock, iraq, wok, interlock, baulk, brock, caulk, catwalk, ad-hoc, frock, poppycock, mohawk, gridlock, crosstalk, tock, roadblock, nock, wedlock, unlock, sidewalk, loch, matlock, shamrock, crosswalk, schlock, tomahawk, calk, glock, bok, aftershock, jaywalk, locke, medoc, nighthawk, antioch, havelock, jacques, bock, bokeh, lok, padlock, woodcock, manioc, croc, pock, boardwalk, oarlock, feedstock, airlock, floc, gamecock, small talk, goshawk, hollyhock, laughingstock, spock, shylock, och, falk, sherlock, salk, hancock, bangkok, bloch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bedrock:
underlying, solid, weathered, very, exposed, crystalline, hard, local, fractured, granitic, above, shallow, soft, firm, resistant, bare, natural, fresh, impermeable, ancient, volcanic, unweathered, deep, moral, calcareous, cultural, consolidated, metamorphic, massive, biological, eroded, competent, older, cretaceous, fundamental, impervious, polished, swedish, jointed, porous, absolute, sound, smooth, permeable, false, striated, near, essential, stable, flat, sedimentary, ideological, adjacent, scoured, philosophical, emotional, theoretical, rigid, weak, igneous, rich, unaltered, intellectual, psychological, decomposed, uneven, ultimate, basaltic, paleozoic, conceptual, dolomitic, finnish, steep, tertiary, soluble, constitutional, creviced, barren, slate, explanatory.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bedrock:
interface, contact, zone, series, science, surface, topography, shale, truth, system, mortar, boundary, village.

Consonant match to bedrock:
baudrick, bawdrick, bed rock.

Words that sound like bedrock:
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