keystone
/ˈkiː.stəʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.45 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
noun
The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
verb
To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes a square to look like a trapezoid.
Transitive verb
verb
To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.
Transitive verb
name
Example Sentences
- "The tunnel, which is 1,000 yd. long, had been closed to passenger traffic since November 17, 1949, after some of the keystones had worked loose."
- "Tension between empirical and theoretical knowledge is keystone to sociological and to organizational theories, as early as in Marx's and Weber's frameworks."
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Phrases
Keystone Cop
keystone corner
keystone correction
keystone effect
keystone picture
keystone pricing
keystone species
Keystone State