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Keystone, n. [kee-stohn]
1. Architecture. The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone.
2. The central supporting element of a whole.
[Supplied by Malc, a coworker:]
3. Business. Something that sits at the top of a structure and distributes stress throughout it.


Lunch table banter here is fun :-)

Date: 2007-06-07 04:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cheesecat.livejournal.com
Distributes is an interesting word o_o

Date: 2007-06-07 09:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashengrace.livejournal.com
"Is" is an interesting word, depending on what the meaning of 'is' is.

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