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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024su•per•struc•ture /ˈsupɚˌstrʌktʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Civil Engineering, Architecturethe part of a building, ship, or construction entirely above its foundation, basement, or deck:The superstructure of the battle cruiser rose in the night sky over the Atlantic.
See -stru-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024su•per•struc•ture (so̅o̅′pər struk′chər),USA pronunciation n. - Civil Engineering, Architecturethe part of a building or construction entirely above its foundation or basement.
- Civil Engineeringany structure built on something else.
- the overlying framework or features of an organization, institution, or system, built or superimposed on a more fundamental base.
- Nautical, Naval Termsany construction built above the main deck of a vessel as an upward continuation of the sides. Cf. deckhouse.
- Civil Engineeringthe part of a bridge that rests on the piers and abutments.
- anything based on or rising from some foundation or basis:a complex ideological superstructure based on two hypotheses.
- super- + structure 1635–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: superstructure /ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃə/ n - the part of a building above its foundation
- any structure or concept erected on something else
- any structure above the main deck of a ship with sides flush with the sides of the hull
- the part of a bridge supported by the piers and abutments
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