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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fundament \Fun"da*ment\, n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement OF fundement, fondement F. fondement fr L. fundamentum foundation, fr fundare to lay the bottom, to found fr fundus bottom. See {Fund}.] 1. Foundation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus. --Hume. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fundament n 1: the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {basis}, {base}, {foundation}, {groundwork}, {cornerstone}] 2: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: {buttocks}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}] 3: lowest supporting part of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: {foundation}, {base}, {foot}, {groundwork}, {substructure}, {understructure}]
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