"substructure" in the noun sense
1. infrastructure, substructure
the basic structure or features of a system or organization
2. foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
lowest support of a structure
"it was built on a base of solid rock"
"he stood at the foot of the tower"
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