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Webster 1913 Edition


Superstructure

Suˊper-struc′ture

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
superstructure
.]
1.
Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
; esp.
(Arch.)
,
all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
You have added to your natural endowments the
superstructure
of study.
Dryden.
2.
(Railway Engin.)
The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

Definition 2024


superstructure

superstructure

English

Noun

superstructure (plural superstructures)

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

Translations


Latin

Participle

superstructūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of superstructūrus