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What is a superstructure?

What is a superstructure? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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Davits on either side of the superstructure secure two Landing Craft Vehicular and Personnel craft.
This type of superstructure could be erected on foundations with either round or quadrilateral contours.
The Baynunah corvettes will have a stealthy superstructure and a low draught which allows operation in shallow waters.
A big pufferfish lurked in there and I took its portrait before making my way up to the superstructure, still in the lee of the current.
The other common merchant ship layout is all holds forward with a superstructure aft.
On deck was a complete section of superstructure, probably the accommodation block, and beside it a lifeboat davit encrusted in coral.

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