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What is the noun for superstructure?

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superstructure
  1. (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
  2. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
  3. All that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
  4. (Britain) (railroad) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The British style is more careful and thorough, with the foundation work in sources revealed as proudly as any part of the superstructure.”
      “Certainly, the dismantling of received superstructures of knowledge, driven by the engines of critique and systematic skepticism, suggests that these days almost anything goes.”
      “Either buy the girl her superstructure out of the goodness of your heart or forget about it.”
superstruction
  1. The act of superstructing, or building upon.
  2. That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The wall has been thickened to give dept to the gateway, and possibly to allow of the superstruction of a low tower above it.”
superstructions
  1. plural of superstruction
superstructures
  1. plural of superstructure
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Add to this the fact that superstructures can be altered or replaced entirely, allowing a mask to be updated while keeping the same substructure.”
      “Certainly, the dismantling of received superstructures of knowledge, driven by the engines of critique and systematic skepticism, suggests that these days almost anything goes.”
      “The 4,600t ship will have five decks and two superstructures.”
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