superstructure

IPA: sˈupɝstrʌktʃɝ

noun

  • (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.
  • (Britain, 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.
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Examples of "superstructure" in Sentences

  • Most of the rest is superstructure.
  • The 1966 repairs to the superstructure
  • All of the superstructure is affected by curvature.
  • In the third and final paradigm is the superstructure.
  • But adventure is the superstructure, domesticity the bedrock.
  • Outrigger trawlers may have the superstructure forward or aft.
  • The superstructure is terraced both at the fore and aft of the ship.
  • If the foundations are not sound, then neither is the superstructure.
  • Clearly discernible are the superstructures, parts of the funnel and deck.
  • Demolition of the hulking superstructure began in earnest shortly thereafter.

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