Substructure \Sub*struc"ture\, n. [Pref. sub- + structure.]
1. (Arch.) Same as Substruction.
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2. An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
substructure
n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization
[syn: infrastructure]
2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation,
base, fundament, foot, groundwork, understructure]
WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "substructure":
base, basement, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, bottom,
floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental,
ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, infrastructure, pavement,
principle, radical, riprap, rock bottom, rudiment, seat, sill,
solid ground, solid rock, stereobate, stylobate, substratum,
substruction, terra firma, underbuilding, undercarriage,
undergirding, underpinning, understruction, understructure
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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