1.Definition: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

Category: Objects

2.Definition: an institution supported by an endowment

Category: General

3.Definition: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

"He lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study", "A good grounding in mathematics"

Category: General

4.Definition: lowest support of a structure

Related Noun(s):base, foot, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure

Category: Objects

5.Definition: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

"She looked forward to her initiation as an adult", "The foundation of a new scientific society"

Related Noun(s):creation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination

Category: General

6.Definition: the basis on which something is grounded

"There is little foundation for his objections"

Category: General

7.Definition: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Related Noun(s):base, basis, cornerstone, fundament, groundwork

Category: General