(also lynchpin) noun
a person or thing that is the most important part of an organization, a plan, etc., because everything else depends on them or it:
Nurses are the linchpin of the health service.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for linchpin is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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