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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.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. understorey,
  2. understory,
  3. understrapper,
  4. understratum,
  5. understrength,
  6. understudy,
  7. undersubscribe,
  8. undersurface,
  9. undertake,
  10. undertaker

Origin of understructure

under- + structure
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for understructure

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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