superstructure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: superstructure	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for superstructure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstructure n structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Superstructure \Su`perstruc"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. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure* of study. --Dryden. 2. (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.