| bedrock | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bedrock | solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil. |
| ~ rock, stone | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter.; "he threw a rock at me" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals | principles from which other truths can be derived.; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics" |
| ~ principle | a basic truth or law or assumption.; "the principles of democracy" |
| ~ abc, abc's, abcs, first principle, first rudiment, rudiment, alphabet | the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).; "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" |
| mainland | | |
| n. (object) | 1. mainland | the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula. |
| ~ continent | the European mainland.; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there" |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
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