| NOUN | cognition | keystone, anchor, mainstay, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin | a central cohesive source of support and stability |
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| artifact | keystone, key, headstone | the central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
| Sounds | kiy'stow.n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | A central cohesive source of support and stability. | |
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| Example | "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money" | |
| Synonyms | anchor, mainstay, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin | |
| Broader | support | Something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest |
| Spanish | pilar, puntal | |
| Catalan | àncora | |
| Meaning | The central building block at the top of an arch or vault. | |
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| Synonyms | key, headstone | |
| Part of | arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| Narrower | quoin, coign, coigne | The keystone of an arch |
| Broader | building block | A block of material used in construction work |
| Spanish | piedra clave | |
| Catalan | pedra clau | |
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