Fulcrum

Noun

 * 1)  The support about which a lever pivots.
 * It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum. 
 * 1) * 2010, John Allison, ''Bad Machinery
 * MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world.
 * CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.

Thesaurus
advocate, alpenstock, arbor, arm, athletic supporter, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, bearing, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buttress, cane, carrier, cervix, corset, crook, crutch, distaff, foundation garment, gimbal, girdle, gudgeon, guy, guywire, hinge, hingle, hub, jock, jockstrap, mainstay, maintainer, mandrel, mast, nave, neck, oarlock, pin, pintle, pivot, pole, prop, radiant, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, resting point, rigging, rowlock, shoulder, shroud, spindle, spine, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, strengthener, support, supporter, sustainer, swivel, thole, tholepin, trunnion, upholder, walking stick

Etymology
From fulcrum:, from fulcio:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: draaipunt, steunpunt
 * Esperanto: apogpunkto
 * Finnish:
 * French: point d’appui
 * German: Angelpunkt, Drehpunkt, Hebelstützpunkt
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: apog-punto, pivoto


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 支点 (してん, shiten)
 * Norwegian:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ponto de apoio ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: uporište
 * Spanish: pivote, punto de apoyo , fulcro
 * Ukrainian: точка опори

Noun

 * 1) bedpost
 * 2) foot (of a couch)
 * 3) couch

Descendants

 * English: fulcrum
 * Spanish: fulcro
 * Portuguese: fulcro