Definitions For Cornerstone

noun

  • A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
  • A stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
  • The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
  • A stone that forms part of a corner in the outside wall of a building and that often shows the date when the building was built
  • Something of basic importance

Is Cornerstones a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17

The word Cornerstone is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Cornerstone in a Sentence

  • Officials held a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a new library.
  • Trust is the cornerstone of their relationship.

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