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substruction

substruction noun: underbuilding; substructure.

Noun

substruction (plural substructions)

  1. underbuilding; substructure
    • It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable.1644 November 17 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 8 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...
  2. (figuratively) foundation; base

substruction meaning in Tamil

substruction in Tamil

கீழ்க் கட்டுமானம், அடிப்படையிடுதல், கடைகாலிடுதல்

Forms of substruction

pluralsubstructions

Origin of substruction

Borrowed from Latin substructio, from substruere, substructum (“to build beneath”), from sub (“under”) + struere (“to build”).

Words formed from substruction

Questions about substruction

What does substruction mean?
Substruction means underbuilding; substructure.
What is substruction in Tamil?
Substruction in Tamil is கீழ்க் கட்டுமானம், அடிப்படையிடுதல், கடைகாலிடுதல். See Substruction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is substruction?
Substruction is a noun.
What is the plural of substruction?
The plural of substruction is substructions.

Words near substruction in the dictionary

  1. substringing
  2. substrings
  3. substruct
  4. substructed
  5. substructing
  6. substruction
  7. substructional
  8. substructions
  9. substructs
  10. substructural
  11. substructure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: substruction (page history and authors); substruction (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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