substratum
noun
something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
substrata
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pluralof substratum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Destructive human activities, like seafloor dredging, which razes entire marine communities, have turned seafloors into structurally simplified habitats with little settlement substrata or localised adult oysters to seed recovery," says Dr McAfee.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
As if building a layer cake, he and his crew applied the substrata, the flashing, the shingles, the roll roofing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2018
Hughes’s book begins with the prehistoric substrata, delving with curiously gripping detail into layers of settlement archaeologists have only recently unearthed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
Carrie Coon in this scene is a tour-de-force, telling a story that’s either an intensely spiritual pilgrimage to the substrata of existence or a lie that gets her to sleep at night.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2017
The materials were at hand; a special foam plastic is used as insulation from the chill of the lunar substrata.
From Hail to the Chief by John Schoenherr
