Substruction Definition

sŭb-strŭkshən
noun
A foundation; a substructure.
American Heritage

(architecture) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground.

It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. "” Evelyn.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Substruction

Noun

Singular:
substruction
Plural:
substructions

Origin of Substruction

  • Latin substrūctiō substrūctiōn- from substrūctus past participle of substruere to build beneath sub- sub- struere to build, pile up ster-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin substructio, from substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.

    From Wiktionary

Substruction Sentence Examples

  • Some portions of the ancient town walls - of two enceintes, an inner and an outer, the former attributed to the original Umbrian inhabitants, the latter to the Romans - are preserved, and also remains of baths, amphitheatre, theatre, and a substruction wall of massive masonry, with four niches.

  • The superstructure of a similar gate (Porta Marzia), which was removed in 1540 to make way for the citadel, but is depicted in a fresco by Benedetto Bonfigli (between 1461 and 1 477), was re-erected in the substruction walls of the citadel itself.

  • Interesting remains of the substruction wall supporting the ancient road are preserved in Itri itself; and there are many remains of ancient buildings near it.

  • Outside the town are two tombs in the form of towers and the tomb of Cyrus himself, a stone house on a high substruction which rises in seven great steps, surrounded by a court with columns; at its side the remains of a guardhouse, in which the officiating Magians lived, are discernible.

  • Within the city there are no ancient remains, except some massive substruction walls which supported buildings on the hillside.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUB

Words Ending With

NONION

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