'Underpinning' definitions:
Definition of 'Underpinning'
From: GCIDE
- Underpin \Un`der*pin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Underpinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Underpinning.]
- 1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Underpinning'
From: GCIDE
- Underpinning \Un"der*pin`ning\, n.
- 1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) (a) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed. (b) The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'underpinning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- brace,
- buttress,
- column,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- infrastructure,
- pavement,
- principle,
- prop,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- root,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- seating,
- shore,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stay,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- understruction,
- understructure