Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Superstructure \Su`per*struc"ture\, n. [Cf. F. superstructure.]
1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else;
that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp.
(Arch.), all that part of a building above the basement.
Also used figuratively.
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You have added to your natural endowments the
superstructure of study. --Dryden.
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2. (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in
distinction from the roadbed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
superstructure
n 1: structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main
deck