Superstructure

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superstructure \Su`per*struc"ture\, n. [Cf. F. superstructure.]
     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.
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              You have added to your natural endowments the
              superstructure of study.              --Dryden.
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     2. (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in
        distinction from the roadbed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  superstructure
       n : structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main
           deck