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substitutive |
substract |
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Substratum
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| substruct
| substruction
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| substylar
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Substratum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Substratum has 3 senses
- substratum(n = noun.location) substrate - a surface on which an organism grows or is attached; "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants" is a kind of surface
- substratum(n = noun.location) substrate - any stratum or layer lying underneath another; Array is a kind of stratum
- substratum(n = noun.communication) substrate - an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population; "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English" is a kind of indigenous language
CIDE DICTIONARY
Substratum, n. [L. substratus, p. p. of substernere to strew under; sub under + sternere to strew. See Stratum.].
- That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically
(Agric.) , the subsoil. [1913 Webster] - The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Substratum, n. (pl. substrata)
1 an underlying layer or substance.
2 a layer of rock or soil beneath the surface.
3 a foundation or basis (there is a substratum of truth in it).
1 an underlying layer or substance.
2 a layer of rock or soil beneath the surface.
3 a foundation or basis (there is a substratum of truth in it).
Etymology
mod.L, past part. of L substernere (as SUB-, sternere strew): cf. STRATUM
THESAURUS
Substratum
air, atom, atomic particles, band, base, basement, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, belly, belt, bottom, bottom side, breech, brute matter, building block, buttocks, chemical element, component, constituent, core, couche, course, deck, downside, earth, element, elementary particle, elementary unit, fire, floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, fundamental particle, gallery, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, hyle, hypostasis, infrastructure, layer, ledge, level, lower side, lowest layer, lowest level, material, material world, materiality, matter, measures, meat, molecule, monad, natural world, nature, nether side, nethermost level, overlayer, overstory, pavement, physical world, plenum, principle, radical, riprap, rock bottom, root, rudiment, seam, seat, shelf, sill, solid ground, solid rock, stage, step, stereobate, story, stratum, stuff, stylobate, substance, substrate, substruction, substructure, superstratum, terra firma, the four elements, thickness, tier, topsoil, underbelly, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlayer, underneath, underpinning, underside, understory, understratum, understruction, understructure, unit of being, water, zoneROGET THESAURUS
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Substantiality
N substantiality, hypostasis, person, being, thing, object, article, item, something, a being, an existence, creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum, matter, corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part, world, plenum, substantive, substantial, hypostatic, personal, bodily, tangible, corporeal, substantially, bodily, essentially.Layer
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.Base
N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.Support
N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.Interiority
N interiority, inside, interior, interspace, subsoil, substratum, intrados, contents, substance, pith, marrow, backbone, heart, bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap, penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave, interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost, innermost, deep seated, gut, intestine, intestinal, inland, subcutaneous, abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic, interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular, endemic, internally, inwards, within, in, inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra, withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family.Materiality
N materiality, materialness, corporeity, corporality, substantiality, substantialness, flesh and blood, plenum, physical condition, matter, body, substance, brute matter, stuff, element, principle, parenchyma, material, substratum, hyle, corpus, pabulum, frame, object, article, thing, something, still life, stocks and stones, materials, physics, somatology, somatics, natural philosophy, experimental philosophy, physicism, physical science, philosophie positive, materialism, materialist, physicist, somatism, somatist, material, bodily, corporeal, corporal, physical, somatic, somatoscopic, sensible, tangible, ponderable, palpable, substantial, objective, impersonal, nonsubjective, neuter, unspiritual, materialistic.
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