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Superstructure   /sˈupərstrˌəktʃər/   Listen
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Superstructure  n.  
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."
2.
(Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.





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"Superstructure" Quotes from Famous Books



... will come to the front in due time. They cannot be selected in advance of the actual trial in war. Even West Point, though one of the best schools in the world, can at the most only lay the foundation of a military education. Each individual must build for himself upon that foundation the superstructure which is to mark his place in the world. If he does not build, his monument will hardly appear above the surface of the ground, and will soon be ...
— Forty-Six Years in the Army • John M. Schofield
... citizens are absolute essentials to the continued life of a republic such as ours is to be. It is in this self-evident truth that is found a sure ground of confidence. Upon this bed-rock of America's boasted pride for interest in her humblest citizen may be built the superstructure of the future of ...
— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various
... have a superstructure? Let it be a hot-house Forcing (say) some early peas—the only decent pot-house; Oh, if I could only see in walking down the street No unpatriotic waste ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 30, 1917 • Various
... earlier essays, to become livelier as he went on. "The proper merit of a foundation is its massiveness and solidity. The conveniences and ornaments, the gilding and stucco-work, the sunshine and sunny prospects, will come with the superstructure." But the building, alas! was never destined to be completed, and the architect had his own misgivings about the attractions even of the completed edifice. "I dare not flatter myself that any endeavours ...
— English Men of Letters: Coleridge • H. D. Traill
... rather sadly. "The prosperity you are advocating," he added, after a moment, "is a mere fiction, it is gorging the few at the expense of the many. And what is being done in this country is to store up an explosive gas that some day will blow your superstructure to atoms if you ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


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