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Superstructure

Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Containing whole 1

Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Air-built adjective · 78% connection

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, structure, edifice, built, else.
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Another pron. & a. · 78% connection

Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

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Base noun · 78% connection

To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.

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Blockhouse noun · 78% connection

An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…

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Brace noun · 78% connection

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, whic…

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Build verb · 78% connection

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to ma…

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Built adjective · 78% connection

Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper…

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Change verb · 78% connection

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, structure, edifice, built, else.
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Condition noun · 78% connection

That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should ta…

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…

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Document noun · 78% connection

An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including a…

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Else a. & pron. · 78% connection

Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: material, structure, edifice, built, else.
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Fabric noun · 78% connection

Framework; structure; edifice; building.

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Firmament v. & a. · 78% connection

Fixed foundation; established basis.

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