Word Meanings - SUPERSTRUCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of superstructing, or building upon. 2. That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure. My own profession hath taught me not to erect new superstructions upon an old ruin. Denham.

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• SUPERSTRUCT
  To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation. This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocency and then virtue. Dr. H. More. (more info) to build upon; super over + struere to build. See Super-, and
• SUPERSTRUCTION
  1. The act of superstructing, or building upon. 2. That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure. My own profession hath taught me not to erect new superstructions upon an old ruin. Denham.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• FOUNDATIONER
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• ERECTILITY
  The quality or state of being erectile.
• SUPERSTRUCTOR
  One who builds a superstructure. R. North.
• BUILT
  Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. Dryden.
• ERECTIVE
  Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PROFESSIONALISM
  The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
• SUPERSTRUCTURE
  all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. Dryden. (more info) 1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised
• ERECTO-PATENT
  Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
• BUILDING
  1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall. 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture
• ERECTLY
  In an erect manner or posture.
• EDIFICE
  A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
• SUPERSTRUCTIVE
  Built or erected on something else. Hammond.
• TAUGHT
  See TOTTEN
• BUILDER
  One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.
• BUILD
  bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. bol farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, böle, house, dwelling, fr. root 1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a
• SHIPBUILDER
  A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
• JERRY-BUILT
  Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
• OUTBUILD
  To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
• ICE-BUILT
  1. Composed of ice. 2. Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.
• NONPROFESSIONAL
  Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
• OVERBUILD
  1. To build over. Milton. 2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
• UNDERBUILDER
  A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.
• REBUILDER
  One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
• REBUILD
  To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
• OVERBUILT
  Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.