Substructure definition

sŭbstrŭkchər
substructures
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The supporting part of a structure; the foundation.
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A part or structure acting as a support, base, or foundation.
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The earth or gravel that railway sleepers are embedded in.
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The earth bank or bed supporting railroad tracks.
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The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation); underbuilding.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
substructure
Plural:
substructures

Substructure Sentence Examples

  • The Temple of Zeus, south of the Pelopium, stood on a high substructure with three steps.

  • The outline of the ancient theatre can be traced in the Piazza delle Grazie, and some of its substructure walls are preserved.

  • The place usually assigned to it is occupied by the vaulted substructure of the dormitory (Z).

  • The materials of the native styles of India, however, did not lend themselves to their utilization as in Syria, Egypt and North Africa, where the columns and capitals formed the substructure of the arcades which surrounded their courts.

  • Fortunately, in Kalman Tisza, the leader of the Liberal From the first, Tisza was exposed to the violent attacks of the opposition, which embraced, not only the party of Independence, champions of the principles of 1848, but the so-called National party, led by the brilliant orator Count Albert Apponyi, which aimed at much the same ends but looked upon the Compromise of 1867 as a convenient substructure on which to build up the Magyar state.

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