understructure
understructure noun: the supporting structure underneath something, such as a vehicle or bridge.
Noun
understructure (plural understructures)
- The supporting structure underneath something, such as a vehicle or bridge.
- Holonym: infrastructure (facilities sense)
- Near-synonyms: infrastructure (foundations sense), underpinnings
- Synonyms:
- infrastructure, underpinning
- Antonyms:
- overstructure, superstructure
Verb
understructure (third-person singular simple present understructures, present participle understructuring, simple past and past participle understructured)
- To structure insufficiently or inadequately.
- Antonyms:
- overstructure
Synonyms of understructure
Antonyms
Forms of understructure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | understructures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | understructures |
| present participle | understructuring |
| past participle | understructured |
| past | understructured |
Origin of understructure
From under- + structure.
Words formed from understructure
Questions about understructure
- What does understructure mean?
- Understructure means the supporting structure underneath something, such as a vehicle or bridge.
- What part of speech is understructure?
- Understructure can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of understructure?
- The plural of understructure is understructures.
Words near understructure in the dictionary
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