Bedrock meaning

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A secure foundation.
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Basic principles or facts.
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The definition of bedrock means the layer of solid rock below the soil.

Unbroken solid rock found at the bottom during an archaeological dig is an example of bedrock.

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The solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel.
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The very bottom.
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The solid rock that lies beneath the soil and other loose material on the Earth's surface.
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(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) 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.
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Name of the fictional town in The Flintstones.
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Solid rock beneath the soil and superficial rock.
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Origin of bedrock

Bedrock Sentence Examples

  • You want your depth from the top layer to the bedrock to be as deep as possible.

  • In places these may be over natural bedrock, elsewhere there are built steps.

  • Bedrock - Solid rock, usually too deep down to be found in average yard digging.

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