superstructure

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

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