Superstructure
['suːpəstrʌktʃə;'sjuː-] or ['supɚstrʌktʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck.
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Definition
(n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
(n.) all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
(n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
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Definition
n. a structure above or on something else: anything erected on a foundation—also Superstruc′tion.—adjs. Superstruct′ive Superstruct′ūral.
Editor: Maureen
Examples
- There are over 50,000 tons of steel in the superstructure, and about 140,000 cubic yards of masonry and concrete in the foundation piers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Instead of clinging to the na?ve belief that Plato was legislating for all mankind, you can discuss his plans as a temporary superstructure made for an historical purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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