SUPERSTRUCTURE

superstructure

(noun) structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

superstructure (countable and uncountable, plural superstructures)

(nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).

Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.

(sometimes, figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.

(British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

(Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.

Antonym: infrastructure

Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*struc"ture, n. Etym: [Cf. F. superstructure.]

1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp. (Arch.),

Definition: all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. Dryden.

2. (Railway Engin.)

Definition: The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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