MEANING
The part of a structure beneath its main body, providing support or a base.
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Words that belong together
- bridge substructure
- building substructure
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Floodwater undermined the bridge substructure.
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- substructure
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular substructure; plural substructures. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.
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