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Understructure

The supporting structure underneath something, such as a vehicle or bridge.

📖 Definitions of "Understructure"

noun

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The supporting structure underneath something, such as a vehicle or bridge.

🔄 Synonyms of "Understructure"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
foundationnoun	That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
fundamentnoun	Foundation.
groundworknoun	The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
footnoun	A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
substructurenoun	The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Understructure"

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Word	Definition
substructurenoun	The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
groundworknoun	The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
foundationnoun	That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
fundamentnoun	Foundation.
footnoun	A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
undersupportnoun	A structural member that supports something from underneath.
underframeworknoun	(literal, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
underbridgenoun	(British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass under a road, river, railway etc.
underbodynoun	The underside of a vehicle.
undercarnoun	(often attributive) The underside or undercarriage of a car.
underframingnoun	An underframe.
underdecknoun	The part of a bridge that lies beneath the deck, or surface.
suprastructurenoun	The structure that an infrastructure is part of
underneathnoun	Below; in a place beneath.
underlayverb	(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
understagenoun	(theater) The area beneath a stage.
underboardnoun	(construction) A board that lies beneath something.
subroofnoun	An inner or underlying roof.
undersectionnoun	A subsection that lies underneath.