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Noun: fundament  fúndumunt
  1. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    - basis, base, foundation, groundwork, cornerstone
     
  2. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    - buttocks, nates, butt, backside, bum, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer], hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], bottom, behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière
     
  3. Lowest support of a structure
    - foundation, base, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure

Derived forms: fundaments

Type of: assumption, body part, support, supposal, supposition

Part of: body, construction, explanation, structure, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Fundament