keystone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: keystone	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for keystone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keystone n a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" Synonym(s): anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin the central building block at the top of an arch or vault Synonym(s): keystone, key, headstone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keystone \Key"stone`\, n. (Arch.) 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Keystone, AL Zip code(s): 35007 Keystone, CO Zip code(s): 80435 Keystone, IA (city, FIPS 41115) Location: 41.99976 N, 92.19858 W Population (1990): 568 (252 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52249 Keystone, IN Zip code(s): 46759 Keystone, NE Zip code(s): 69144 Keystone, SD (town, FIPS 33820) Location: 43.89435 N, 103.42887 W Population (1990): 232 (137 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57751 Keystone, WV (city, FIPS 43516) Location: 37.41501 N, 81.44626 W Population (1990): 627 (302 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)