Groundbreaking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  groundbreaking \ground"break`ing\ n.
     The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a
     construction project. It is sometimes carried out by an
     official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground,
     to begin the preparatory excavation work.
  


     Syn: groundbreaking ceremony.
          [WordNet 1.5] groundcover

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  groundbreaking
       adj : being or producing something like nothing done or
             experienced or created before; "stylistically
             innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic
             community"; "a mind so innovational, so original" [syn:
              {innovative}, {innovational}]
       n : the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a
           construction project [syn: {groundbreaking ceremony}]