understructure
[ uhn-der-struhk-cher ]
/ ˈʌn dərˌstrʌk tʃər /
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
understorey, understory, understrapper, understratum, understrength, understructure, understudy, undersubscribe, undersurface, undertake, undertaker
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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 OnionsStan 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. MontgomeryAnd 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