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fundament
[fuhn-duh-muhnt] 
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fundament
[fuhn-duh-muhnt]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
| Synonyms: | base, basis, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, support, underpinning, understructure |
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rear end |
| Synonyms: | backside, behind, breech, bum*, butt*, buttocks, derriere, fanny, fundament, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tail, tush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end, shaft |
| Synonyms: | base, bottom, edge, extremity, fag end, foot, fundament, haft, handle, hilt, shank, stock, stub, stump, tail, tip |
| Main Entry: | butt/buttocks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animate rear end |
| Synonyms: | back end, backside, behind, bottom, bum*, derrière, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior, rear, rump, seat, tush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buttocks |
| Synonyms: | backside, behind, butt*, derrière, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, hind end, posterior, rump, seat, tush |
| Notes: | can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grammar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | language rules |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, accidence, alphabet, elements, fundaments, linguistics, morphology, principles, rudiments, sentence structure, stratification, structure, syntax, tagmemics |
| Main Entry: | seat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rear end of animate being |
| Synonyms: | backside, behind, bottom, breech, derrière, duff, fanny, fundament, keister, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, tush |
| Main Entry: | buttocks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rear |
| Synonyms: | back end, backside, behind, bottom, bum, butt, derriere, fanny, fundament, gluteus maximus, haunches, hindquarters, posterior, rear, rump, seat |
| Main Entry: | rudiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis |
| Synonyms: | base, bed, bottom, cornerstone, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, ground, groundwork, rest, resting place, root, seat, substructure, support |
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