superstructure
- Noun. (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck. (FM 55-501).
- Noun. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
- Noun. all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
- Noun. (British) (''railroad'') The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
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