- 1. n. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis Source: opted
- 2. n. all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. Source: opted
- 3. n. The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. Source: opted
- 4. n. structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp. (Arch.), 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.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. Source: webster
- 6. all that part of a building above the basement. Also usedfiguratively.You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure ofstudy. Dryden. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck Source: ecdict
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