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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun substructure has 2 senses

• substructure(n = noun.artifact) infrastructure - the basic structure or features of a system or organization; Array
is a part of system
is a kind of structure

• substructure(n = noun.artifact) base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, understructure - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
has particulars: bed, raft foundation
is a part of construction, structure
is a kind of support

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THESAURUS

substructure

base, basement, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, bottom, floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, infrastructure, pavement, principle, radical, riprap, rock bottom, rudiment, seat, sill, solid ground, solid rock, stereobate, stylobate, substratum, substruction, terra firma, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underpinning, understruction, understructure

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substructure

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.

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