'Substructure' definitions:
Definition of 'substructure'
(from WordNet)
noun
The basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: infrastructure, substructure]
noun
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure]
Definition of 'Substructure'
From: GCIDE
- Substructure \Sub*struc"ture\, n. [Pref. sub- + structure.]
- 1. (Arch.) Same as Substruction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An under structure; a foundation; groundwork. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'substructure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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