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understructure

[ uhn-der-struhk-cher ]
/ ˈʌn dərˌstrʌk tʃər /
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noun
a structure serving as a support; a base or foundation: The building has a strong understructure.
any thing, condition, etc., establishing support; a basis: an argument that rests on a sound understructure of knowledge.
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Origin of understructure

under- + structure

Words nearby understructure

understorey, understory, understrapper, understratum, understrength, understructure, understudy, undersubscribe, undersurface, undertake, undertaker
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Words related to understructure

cellar, storage, vault, ground, seat, foothold, authority, base, bedrock, groundwork, infrastructure, support, preparation, bottom, crypt, excavation, substructure, basis, rest, substratum

How to use understructure in a sentence

  • By the June of that year the understructure of the Pier was finished, and the rest was advancing with the speed of paper-hanging.

    Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions

  • And I confess that at this close view of the understructure of a polygamous career, I was weak enough to feel scandalized.

    Captain Macedoine's Daughter|William McFee

  • Stan saw a Liberator smack into a bursting shell that exploded against her understructure.

    A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.|Rutherford G. Montgomery

  • The hair at the back of his neck lifted as his understructure raked across the hatch cover of the Jerry.

    A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.|Rutherford G. Montgomery
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