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substratum

Syllables: sub·stra·tum/səbˈstrɑ.təm/

substratum noun: a layer that lies underneath another.

substratum: A desert landscape with red rocks and a blue sky
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Noun

substratum (plural substrata)

  1. A layer that lies underneath another.
    • ..; in this case it became necessary to employ a machine like the lapidary's wheel, partially to grind away the colored surface till the white substratum appeared.1847, editorial staff, “Painting on Glass”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72
    Synonyms:
    underlayer
  2. (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
    • However exaggerated an estimate this might be, the substratum of truth was solid and auriferous enough to dazzle the imagination.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  3. A substrate.

substratum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

substratum in Hindi

substratum
अधिष्ठान adhiṣṭhān

substratum in Tamil

அடித்தளம், ஆதாரம், கீழடுக்கு, வளர்தளம், உயிரின வாழ்விற்குரிய தளம், கீழ் அடுக்கு

substratum in Bengali

নিম্নস্তর, ভিত্তি

substratum in Kannada

ಕೆಳಮಡಿಕೆ
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substratum in Odia
ଅଧିକରଣ adhikaraṇa

Synonyms of substratum

Forms of substratum

pluralsubstrata

Plural of substratum: substrata

Origin of substratum

Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō. By surface analysis, sub- + stratum.

Words formed from substratum

Questions about substratum

What does substratum mean?
Substratum means a layer that lies underneath another.
What is substratum in Hindi?
Substratum in Hindi is अधिष्ठान (adhiṣṭhān). See Substratum meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is substratum?
Substratum is a noun.
How do you pronounce substratum?
Substratum is pronounced /səbˈstrɑ.təm/.
What is the plural of substratum?
The plural of substratum is substrata.

Words near substratum in the dictionary

  1. substratophobia
  2. substratose
  3. substratosphere
  4. substratospheres
  5. substratospheric
  6. substratum
  7. substream
  8. substreams
  9. substriate
  10. substriated
  11. substring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: substratum (page history and authors); अधिष्ठान (Hindi) (page history and authors); substratum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substratum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substratum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅଧିକରଣ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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