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superstructions

superstructions is the plural of superstruction.

Meaning of superstruction

Noun

superstruction (countable and uncountable, plural superstructions)

  1. (archaic) The act of superstructing, or building upon.
    • The wall has been thickened to give dept to the gateway, and possibly to allow of the superstruction of a low tower above it.1852, George T. Clark, “Kidwelly Castle”, in The Castles of Kidwelly and Caephilly, and of Castell Coch, London: W. Pickering, page 8
  2. (archaic) That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
    • […] for I love not to improve the Honour of the Living, by impairing that of the Dead; and my own Profession hath taught me, not to erect new Superstructions upon an old Ruin.1668, John Denham, Preface to the translation of two poems, in Poems and Translations, 6th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1719, p. 89

Questions about superstructions

What is superstructions the plural of?
Superstructions is the plural of superstruction.

Words near superstructions in the dictionary

  1. superstrs.
  2. superstruct
  3. superstructed
  4. superstructing
  5. superstruction
  6. superstructions
  7. superstructive
  8. superstructs
  9. superstructural
  10. superstructurally
  11. superstructure

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