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fundament

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Noun
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fun=da=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

fundamentn. [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.].
  •  Foundation.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus.  Hume.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fundament, n. joc. the buttocks.

Etymology
ME f. OF fondement f. L fundamentum (as FOUND(2))

THESAURUS

fundament

backside, base, basement, basis, beam, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, behind, belly, bottom, bottom side, breech, buttocks, derriere, downside, floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundamental, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, lower side, lowest layer, lowest level, nether side, nethermost level, pavement, posterior, principle, radical, rear, riprap, rock bottom, rudiment, rump, seat, sill, solid ground, solid rock, stereobate, stylobate, substratum, substruction, substructure, terra firma, underbelly, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlayer, underneath, underpinning, underside, understruction, understructure

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