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linchpin   (TTS Sound)

The noun linchpin has 2 senses

• 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")


• linchpin, lynchpin -- (pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on)