bedrock

  1. Proper noun.  Name of the fictional town in ''(w, The Flintstones) ''.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable, geology) 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.
  3. Noun.  A basis or foundation.

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