understructure

understructure
Synonyms and related words:
base, basement, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, bottom, floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, infrastructure, pavement, principle, radical, riprap, rock bottom, rudiment, seat, sill, solid ground, solid rock, stereobate, stylobate, substratum, substruction, substructure, terra firma, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underpinning, understruction

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