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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin]
2: pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on [syn: linchpin, lynchpin]

Merriam Webster's

variant of linchpin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of LINCHPIN.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see linchpin