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Word entry · 8 letters

keystone

Best crossword clue

"Central support"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkiː.stəʊn/Part of speech nounSorted eeknostyStarts with KEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1K2E3Y4S5T6O7N8E

Definitions

  1. the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

Word origin

From key + stone.

Used in a sentence

  • The tunnel, which is 1,000 yd. long, had been closed to passenger traffic since November 17, 1949, after some of the keystones had worked loose.
  • Tension between empirical and theoretical knowledge is keystone to sociological and to organizational theories, as early as in Marx's and Weber's frameworks.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Central support8 letters
02Arch center8 letters

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