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ground•break•ing
Pronunciation: (ground'brā"king), [key]—
n.
the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
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adj.
1. of or pertaining to such a ceremony.
2. originating or pioneering a new endeavor, field of inquiry, or the like:
Pasteur's groundbreaking work in bacteriology. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.