Superstructure

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.

3. Noun

The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

4. Noun

structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
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