substructure

/ˈsʌbstrʌktʃə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈsʌbstrʌktʃə/

substructure

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

sub - struc - ture -> substructure

Myanmar meaning

အဆောက်အအုံ အောက်ခြေ၊ အောက်ခံ။ အောက်ဝါ။

Full entry

substructure /'sʌbstrʌktʃǝ(r)/ n

အဆောက်အအုံ အောက်ခြေ၊ အောက်ခံ။ အောက်ဝါ။ Compare SUPERSTRUCTURE ၁

More examples

‘Almost 300 fragments of plaster casts of ancient statuary were excavated in a cellar-like area forming the substructure of a hall or terrace within the great bath complex at Baiae, the Roman seaside resort near Naples.’
‘Soil compaction is common in civil engineering practice mainly in highway and rail road works, run ways, earth dams, sanitary landfills and backfilling of excavations for substructures and retaining walls.’
‘The roof rests on a glulam substructure supported on concrete posts with glass panels fixed to hollow steel sections.’
‘With our systems you can have larger spans of glass, with minimal sightlines, for both vertical and roof glazing applications, without the need for supporting substructures.’
‘When the South Street Bridge does finally get rebuilt, piers sunk into the Schuylkill River and the metal substructure can be salvaged.’

Synonyms

base, underneath, underside, foundation, bed, foot, floor, ABCs, abutment, agency, alertness, anticipation, arrangement, assembly, authority, back, background, backing, basement, basics, basis, bedding, bedrock, belly, block, bottom, bottom line, box, brace, brass tacks, build-up, buttress, cellar, chassis, collar, column, construction, core, cornerstone, corpus, crux, crypt, deepest part, depths, development, device, dry run, education, essence, establishment, evolution, excavation, expectation, fitting, flotation, foothold, footing, foresight, formation, frame, fulcrum, fundament, fundamental, furnace room, fuselage, gestation, getting ready, gist, gravamen, ground, groundwork, guide, guts, heart, hold, homework, hull, incubation, infrastructure, installation, justification, lead time, lining, lowest part, main part, majority, making ready, manufacture, mass, material, matter, means, measure, medium, mounting, nadir, nether portion, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, organization, pedestal, pediment, physical foundation, pillar, pith, plan, platform, plinth, podium, pole, post, precaution, preparedness, preparing, prop, provision, putting in order, qualification, rampart, readiness, readying, reason, rehearsal, reinforcement, rest, resting place, rib, rod, root, rundown, safeguard, schoolwork, seat, seating, settlement, setup, shore, skeleton, sole, stake, stanchion, stand, staple, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, storage, structure, study, substance, substratum, subterranean room, sum, support, sustentation, tenor, terra firma, timber

Antonyms

abstract, annex, attic, branch, ceiling, concept, cowardice, disapproval, discouragement, exterior, exteriority, fantasy, fear, frustration, ignorance, immateriality, inanimate, individual, ingredient, mind, nothing, nothingness, one, opposition, outside, part, soul, spirit, stop, thought, top, unreadiness

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