Associations to the word «Superstructure»

Wiktionary

SUPERSTRUCTURE, noun. (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck. (FM 55-501).
SUPERSTRUCTURE, noun. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
SUPERSTRUCTURE, noun. All that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
SUPERSTRUCTURE, noun. (British) (railroad) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

Dictionary definition

SUPERSTRUCTURE, noun. Structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck.

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