foundation

foundation has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• n.. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
• n.. The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
• n.. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
• n.. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
• n.. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
• n.. lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
• n.. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
• n.. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
• n.. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"
• n.. an institution supported by an endowment
• n.. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"