Definitions for lynchpin



Overview of noun lynchpin

The noun lynchpin has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin

(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")

2. linchpin, lynchpin

(pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on)

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