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Word: superstructure (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
  • Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
  • British (''railroad'') The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
  • nautical Any structure built above the top full deck. (FM 55-501).

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