Usually means: Structures built on top foundation.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word superstructure:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. superstructure: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. superstructure: Merriam-Webster
  3. superstructure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. superstructure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. superstructure: Collins English Dictionary
  6. superstructure: Vocabulary.com
  7. Superstructure, superstructure: Wordnik
  8. superstructure: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. superstructure: Wiktionary
  10. superstructure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. superstructure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. superstructure: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. superstructure: Dictionary.com
  14. superstructure: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. superstructure: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Superstructure (Marxism), Superstructure (condensed matter), Superstructure (disambiguation), Superstructure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Superstructure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. superstructure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. superstructure: Rhymezone
  20. Superstructure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. superstructure: FreeDictionary.org
  22. superstructure: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. superstructure: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Superstructure (ship), superstructure: Legal dictionary
  4. Superstructure (ship), superstructure: Financial dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Superstructure (ship), superstructure: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Superstructure (ship), superstructure: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Superstructure: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Superstructure: Latitude Mexico
  3. superstructure: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
noun:  Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
noun:  (sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.
noun:  (British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
noun:  (Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.

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