English-Thai Dictionary

keystone

N ส่วน ที่ สำคัญ  main major suan-ti-sam-kan

 

keystone

N หลัก  แกน  แกน หลัก  หลักสำคัญ  principle main lak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KEYSTONE

n.The stone on the top or middle of an arch or vault, which being wider at the top than at the bottom, enters like a wedge and binds the work; properly, the fastening-stone.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KEYSTONE

KEYSTONE Key "stone `, n. (Arch. )

 

Defn: The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. Keystone State, the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the Constitution.

 

KEYSTONE STATE

KEYSTONE STATE Key "stone ` State.

 

Defn: Pennsylvania; -- a nickname alluding to its having been the central one of the 13 original United States.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

keystone

key stone |ˈkēˌstōn ˈkiˌstoʊn | ▶noun a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. • [ usu. in sing. ] the central principle or part of a policy, system, etc. , on which all else depends: cooperation remains the keystone of the government's security policy.

 

Keystone

Key |stone |ˈkiːstəʊn | a US film company formed in 1912, remembered for its silent slapstick comedy films, many featuring the bumbling Keystone Kops police characters.

 

keystone species

key stone spe cies ▶noun ( pl. same ) a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.

 

Keystone State

Key stone State a nickname for the state of Pennsylvania.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Keystone

Key |stone |ˈkiːstəʊn | a US film company formed in 1912, remembered for its silent slapstick comedy films, many featuring the bumbling Keystone Kops police characters.

 

keystone

key |stone |ˈkiːstəʊn | ▶noun a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. • the central principle or part of a policy, system, etc. , on which all else depends: cooperation remains the keystone of the government's security policy.

 

keystone species

key stone spe cies ▶noun ( pl. same ) a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.

 

Keystone State

Key |stone State informal name for Pennsylvania.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

keystone

keystone noun the keystone of the government's policy: foundation, basis, linchpin, cornerstone, base, principle, guiding principle, core, heart, center, crux, fundament.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

keystone

keystone noun 1 a carved head formed the keystone of the door: cornerstone, central stone, quoin. 2 cooperation remains the keystone of the government's security policy: foundation, basis, linchpin, cornerstone, base, principle, guiding principle, core, heart, centre, crux, fundament, mainspring, priority.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

keystone

k é y st ò ne 名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 〘建 〙(アーチ頂上部の )かなめ石 .2 【考え 方針などの 】主旨, 要点, 根本 [基本 ]原理 «of , in » ; 【組織の 】かなめ, 中枢 «of , in » .3 ｟俗 ｠〘野球 〙二塁 (ベース ).K -́ St à te 〖the ～〗キーストーン州 〘米国Pennsylvania州の愛称 〙.