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cornerstone

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

Synonyms:

• bench mark,
• cardinal point,
• chief thing,
• climax,
• core,
• crisis,
• critical point,
• crux,
• essence,
• essential,
• essential matter,
• first stone,
• footstone,
• foundation stone,
• fundamental,
• gist,
• gravamen,
• great point,
• headstone,
• heart,
• high point,
• important thing,
• issue,
• kernel,
• keystone,
• landmark,
• main point,
• main thing,
• material point,
• meat,
• milestone,
• nub,
• pith,
• pivot,
• quoin,
• real issue,
• salient point,
• sine qua non,
• substance,
• substantive point,
• the bottom line,
• the point,
• turning point