name
Meaning 1
A census-designated place in Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
keystone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkiː.stəʊn/
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rhymes with -iːstəʊn
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CMU ARPABET: K IY1 S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city and town in Iowa.
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name
Meaning 3
A ghost town in North Dakota.
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name
Meaning 4
A town in South Dakota.
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noun
Meaning 5
The top stone of an arch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 6
Something on which other things depend for support.
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noun
Meaning 7
A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, commerce, retail
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noun
Meaning 8
The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 9
To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes a square to look like a trapezoid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, commerce, retail
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noun
Meaning 11
the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: key, headstone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building block
Narrower terms: quoin, coign, coigne
noun
Meaning 12
a central cohesive source of support and stability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anchor, mainstay, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support
History
Etymology
From key + stone. Definition 4 (retail) possibly originated in the jewelry industry in the magazine called "Jewelers' Circular-Keystone".
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: حجر العقد — the top stone of an arch
- Armenian: պորտաքար (portakʻar) — the top stone of an arch
- Old Armenian: պորտ (port) — the top stone of an arch
- Azerbaijani: açardaşı — the top stone of an arch
- Basque: giltzarri — the top stone of an arch
- Bulgarian: ключ (ključ) — the top stone of an arch
- Catalan: clau de volta — the top stone of an arch
- Czech: svorník — the top stone of an arch
- Danish: slutsten — the top stone of an arch
- Danish: kilesten — the top stone of an arch
- Dutch: sluitsteen — the top stone of an arch
- Esperanto: ĉefŝtono — the top stone of an arch
- Esperanto: ŝlosoŝtono — the top stone of an arch
- Estonian: päiskivi — the top stone of an arch
- Finnish: lakikivi — the top stone of an arch
- French: clef de voûte — the top stone of an arch
- French: clé de voute — the top stone of an arch
- French: clef d'arc — the top stone of an arch
- French: clé d'arc — the top stone of an arch
- French: claveau — the top stone of an arch
- Galician: clave — the top stone of an arch
- Georgian: საჭექი (sač̣eki) — the top stone of an arch
- Georgian: საჭექი ქვა (sač̣eki kva) — the top stone of an arch
- German: Schlussstein — the top stone of an arch
- German: Scheitelstein — the top stone of an arch
- Greek: σφηνόλιθος (sfinólithos) — the top stone of an arch
- Ancient Greek: ὀμφαλός (omphalós) — the top stone of an arch
- Hebrew: אבן הראשה — the top stone of an arch
- Hungarian: zárókő — the top stone of an arch
- Icelandic: höfuðsteinn — the top stone of an arch
- Icelandic: lokasteinn — the top stone of an arch
- Ido: klozostono — the top stone of an arch
- Italian: chiave di volta — the top stone of an arch
- Japanese: キーストーン — the top stone of an arch
- Kannada: ನೆತ್ತಿಗಲ್ಲು (nettigallu) — the top stone of an arch
- Korean: 쐐기돌 (sswaegidol) — the top stone of an arch
- Macedonian: клучен камен (klučen kamen) — the top stone of an arch
- Maltese: ċavi — the top stone of an arch
- Manx: ard-chlagh — the top stone of an arch
- Manx: ogher — the top stone of an arch
- Norwegian: kronestein — the top stone of an arch
- Occitan: clau de vòlta — the top stone of an arch
- Persian: سنگ تاج — the top stone of an arch
- Plautdietsch: Akjsteen — the top stone of an arch
- Polish: zwornik — the top stone of an arch
- Polish: klucz — the top stone of an arch
- Polish: filar — the top stone of an arch
- Polish: podstawa — the top stone of an arch
- Portuguese: pedra angular — the top stone of an arch
- Romanian: cheie de boltă — the top stone of an arch
- Russian: замко́вый ка́мень (zamkóvyj kámenʹ) — the top stone of an arch
- Russian: замо́к (zamók) — the top stone of an arch
- Slovak: svorník — the top stone of an arch
- Spanish: clave — the top stone of an arch
- Spanish: dovela — the top stone of an arch
- Swedish: slutsten — the top stone of an arch
- Swedish: nyckelstenen — the top stone of an arch
- Tamil: கீஸ்டோன் (kīsṭōṉ) — the top stone of an arch
- Ukrainian: замковий камінь (zamkovyj kaminʹ) — the top stone of an arch
- Ukrainian: замок (zamok) — the top stone of an arch
- Ukrainian: ключ (ključ) — the top stone of an arch
- Bulgarian: крайъгълен камък (krajǎgǎlen kamǎk) — something on which other things depend for support
- Danish: grundprincip — something on which other things depend for support
- Danish: kardinalpunkt — something on which other things depend for support
- Danish: hovedpunkt — something on which other things depend for support
- French: clef de voûte — something on which other things depend for support
- Occitan: clau de vòlta — something on which other things depend for support
- Russian: замко́вый ка́мень (zamkóvyj kámenʹ) — something on which other things depend for support
- Vietnamese: rường cột — something on which other things depend for support
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