superstruct

/ ˌsuːpəˈstrʌkt /

verb

1. tr to erect upon a foundation or on top of another building or part

Example Sentences

In 2008, a California nonprofit organization ran a multiplayer online game it titled “Superstruct.”

From Washington Post

Merritt, who participated in the Superstruct game, says one scenario involved the government mandating that public gatherings be limited to 10 people or fewer.

From Washington Post

You shall find, that of old they made carts and other carriages of it; and for piles to superstruct on in boggy grounds; most of Venice, and Amsterdam is built upon them, with so excessive charge, as some report, the foundations of their houses cost as much, as what is erected on them; there being driven in no fewer than 13659 great masts of this timber, under the new Stadt-house of Amsterdam.

From Project Gutenberg

Vitruvius tells us, that the morasses about Ravenna in Italy, were pil’d with this timber, to superstruct upon, and highly commends it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• assemble
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• form
• make
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