FOUNDATION
NOUNS
► BASING foundation, base → c1325 obs.
► BASIS the bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot → 1571 arch.
► PRIMITIVE a thing from which something else is derived; a foundation, a basis → 1628 obs.
► SUBSTRUCTION a basis, foundation → 1765
► WALL-ROOTS a foundation → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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