'understructure' definitions:
Definition of 'understructure'
(from WordNet)
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]
Synonyms of 'understructure'
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,
- substructure,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction