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superstructures

noun

Meaning

  1. Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
  2. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
  3. (sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.
  4. The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
  5. The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data