Associations to the word «Linchpin»

Wiktionary

LINCHPIN, noun. A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel
LINCHPIN, noun. (figuratively) a central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.

Dictionary definition

LINCHPIN, noun. 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, noun. Pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin