superstructure

English

Etymology

super- +‎ structure

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
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