groundwork

groundwork has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
• n.. preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"
• n.. lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
• n.. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"