Superstruction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Superstruction is a noun meaning The act of superstructing, or building upon.
Meaning
The act of superstructing, or building upon.
More Meanings
- That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
Example Sentences
The wall has been thickened to give dept to the gateway, and possibly to allow of the superstruction of a low tower above it.
Since virtuous superstructions have commonly generous foundations, dive into thy inclinations, and early discover what nature bids thee to be, or tells thee thou may’st be.
1668, John Denham, Preface to the translation of two poems, in Poems and Translations, 6th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1719, p. 89, […] 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.
Word Forms
- superstructions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include superaddition, superposer, extruction, upbuilding, superscaffolding, construing.
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