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bedrock

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bedrock
the solid unweathered rock that lies beneath the loose surface deposits of soil, alluvium, etc
bedrock [′bed‚räk]
(geology)
General term applied to the solid rock underlying soil or any other unconsolidated surficial cover.
bedrock
The hard, solid rock at the earth’s surface or underlying surface soil; can be utilized as a firm foundation for a building.
Bedrock - A C++ class library for Macintosh user interface portability.
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And, moreover, when you come right down to the bedrock, knight-errantry is WORSE than pork; for whatever happens, the pork's left, and so somebody's benefited anyway; but when the market breaks, in a knight-errantry whirl, and every knight in the pool passes in his checks, what have you got for assets?
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All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
It emptied in a riffle, across exposed bedrock, into another pool.
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