Substruction Definition

sŭb-strŭkshən
noun
A foundation; a substructure.
American Heritage

(architecture) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground.

It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. "” Evelyn.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Substruction

Noun

Singular:
substruction
Plural:
substructions

Origin of Substruction

  • Latin substrūctiō substrūctiōn- from substrūctus past participle of substruere to build beneath sub- sub- struere to build, pile up ster-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin substructio, from substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.

    From Wiktionary

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