SUBSTRUCTURE


Meaning of SUBSTRUCTURE in English

/ ˈsʌbstrʌktʃə(r); NAmE / noun

a base or structure that is below another structure and that supports it :

a substructure of timber piles

( figurative )

the substructure of national culture

—compare superstructure

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.