Definition of Superstructure

1. Noun. Structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck.

Specialized synonyms: Deck-house
Group relationships: Ship
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure

Definition of Superstructure

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

Definition of Superstructure

1. Noun. (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck. (FM 55-501). ¹

2. Noun. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis ¹

3. Noun. all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. ¹

4. Noun. (British) (''railroad'') The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superstructure

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superstructure

superstrengths
superstrict
superstrike
superstrikes
superstring
superstrings
superstrong
superstruct
superstructed
superstructing
superstruction
superstructions
superstructive
superstructs
superstructural
superstructures
superstuds
supersubstantial
supersubstantially
supersubtle
supersubtleties
supersubtlety
supersuccessful
supersudden
supersulphate
supersulphates
supersulphuretted
supersurgeon

Literary usage of Superstructure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"These circumstances the shock and recoil of the waves; and the greater of the foundations and the protection of the toe oí tbt superstructure greatly ..."

2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1890)
"Stubbs, Const. Hist., vol. ip 278. 439- The modern constitution the outcome of the fusion. Superstructure Norman, substructure Old- English. ..."

3. The Engineering Index by John Butler Johnson, Association of Engineering Societies, Henry Harrison Suplee, Johannes H. Cuntz, Charles Buxton Going (1892)
"Piers and superstructure, id., Nov. 29, 1890, pp. 713-15. Foundations, RR Gat., Nov. 7, 1890, pp. 763-4. Twer Bridge. London. A scries of illustrations of ..."

4. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"THE Superstructure.* MISS MARY B. CUTLER, CLASS OF '87. In the midst of the brick and the mortar, We pause, with plummet in hand, To look backward and ..."

5. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"Their breakwaters, however, differ from those previously described in having the superstructure founded at a lower level: they are thus a stage further ..."

6. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"IN the harbours about to be described, the superstructure on the top of the rubble mound ... The superstructure, instead of being merely a parapet wall and ..."

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