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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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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby understructure
understorey, understory, understrapper, understratum, understrength, understructure, understudy, undersubscribe, undersurface, undertake, undertaker
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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 OnionsAnd 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 McFeeStan saw a Liberator smack into a bursting shell that exploded against her understructure.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.|Rutherford G. MontgomeryThe 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