fulcrum
The support about which a lever pivots.
Example
“It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.”
Other meanings
A crux or pivot; a central point.
A kind of
- pivot
Related words
- fulcral
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fulcrum" (bedpost, foot of a couch).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fulcrum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.