Hypertext Webster Gateway: "substructure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Substructure \Sub*struc"ture\, n. [Pref. sub- + structure.]
1. (Arch.) Same as {Substruction}.
2. An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
substructure
n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization
[syn: {infrastructure}]
2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: {foundation},
{base}, {fundament}, {foot}, {groundwork}, {understructure}]
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