'groundbreaking' definitions:
Definition of 'groundbreaking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, groundbreaking]
noun
The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project [syn: groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony]
Definition of 'groundbreaking'
From: 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