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| n. (artifact) | 1. construction, structure | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ airdock, hangar, repair shed | a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained. |
| ~ altar | a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made. |
| ~ arcade, colonnade | a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns. |
| ~ arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ balcony | a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet. |
| ~ balcony | an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium. |
| ~ bascule | a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw). |
| ~ boarding | a structure of boards. |
| ~ body | the external structure of a vehicle.; "the body of the car was badly rusted" |
| ~ bridge, span | a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ building complex, complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures. |
| ~ catchment | a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area). |
| ~ coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.; "a coil of rope" |
| ~ colonnade | structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns. |
| ~ pillar, column | a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument). |
| ~ quoin, corner | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. |
| ~ cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece. |
| ~ deathtrap | any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed. |
| ~ defensive structure, defence, defense | a structure used to defend against attack.; "the artillery battered down the defenses" |
| ~ door | a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road).; "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us" |
| ~ entablature | (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof. |
| ~ erection | a structure that has been erected. |
| ~ establishment | a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence. |
| ~ false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom). |
| ~ storey, floor, story, level | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.; "what level is the office on?" |
| ~ understructure, base, groundwork, substructure, foundation, fundament, foot | lowest support of a structure.; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" |
| ~ fountain | a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises. |
| ~ guide | a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something. |
| ~ card-house, cardcastle, cardhouse, house of cards | an unstable construction with playing cards.; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed" |
| ~ housing, living accommodations, lodging | structures collectively in which people are housed. |
| ~ hull | the frame or body of ship. |
| ~ jungle gym | a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play. |
| ~ lamination | a layered structure. |
| ~ landing place, landing | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods. |
| ~ lookout station, observation tower, observatory, lookout | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings. |
| ~ masonry | structure built of stone or brick by a mason. |
| ~ monument, memorial | a structure erected to commemorate persons or events. |
| ~ hill, mound | structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones.; "they built small mounds to hide behind" |
| ~ impedimenta, obstruction, impediment, obstructer, obstructor | any structure that makes progress difficult. |
| ~ partition, divider | a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another). |
| ~ plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage. |
| ~ weapons platform, platform | any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons. |
| ~ porch | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance. |
| ~ post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel). |
| ~ prefab | a prefabricated structure. |
| ~ projection | any structure that branches out from a central support. |
| ~ public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use. |
| ~ sail | any structure that resembles a sail. |
| ~ set-back, setoff, offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly. |
| ~ shelter | a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. |
| ~ shoebox | a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment). |
| ~ signboard, sign | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted.; "the highway was lined with signboards" |
| ~ sports stadium, stadium, arena, bowl | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. |
| ~ structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building. |
| ~ superstructure | structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck. |
| ~ supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something. |
| ~ tower | a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building. |
| ~ transept | structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles. |
| ~ trestlework | a supporting structure composed of a system of connected trestles; for a bridge or pier or scaffold e.g.. |
| ~ vaulting | (architecture) a vaulted structure.; "arches and vaulting" |
| ~ shipway, slipway, ways | structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired. |
| ~ wellhead | a structure built over a well. |
| ~ wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft. |
| ~ honeycomb | a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae. |
| ~ equipoise, counterbalance, equilibrium, balance | equality of distribution. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" |
| ~ infrastructure, substructure | the basic structure or features of a system or organization. |
| ~ computer architecture, architecture | (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software.; "the architecture of a computer's system software" |
| ~ cytoarchitectonics, cytoarchitecture | the cellular composition of a bodily structure. |
| ~ fabric, framework | the underlying structure.; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" |
| ~ physical composition, composition, make-up, makeup, constitution | the way in which someone or something is composed. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. structure | the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations.; "his lectures have no structure" |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ organization, arrangement, organisation, system | an organized structure for arranging or classifying.; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" |
| ~ pattern, form, shape | a perceptual structure.; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" |
| ~ phrase structure, sentence structure, syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. |
| ~ sound structure, syllable structure, word structure, morphology | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words. |
| n. (body) | 4. anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| ~ layer | thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells. |
| ~ apodeme | ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles. |
| ~ caliculus, calycle, calyculus | a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp). |
| ~ tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell. |
| ~ pad | the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger. |
| ~ branchial cleft, gill cleft, gill slit | one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes. |
| ~ branchial arch, gill arch, gill bar | one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians. |
| ~ peristome | region around the mouth in various invertebrates. |
| ~ syrinx | the vocal organ of a bird. |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ bulb | a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ. |
| ~ carina | any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom. |
| ~ cauda | any taillike structure. |
| ~ chiasm, chiasma, decussation | an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X. |
| ~ cingulum | (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth). |
| ~ concha | (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape. |
| ~ filum, filament | a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells). |
| ~ germ | a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism. |
| ~ infundibulum | any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk). |
| ~ interstice | a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ.; "the interstices of a network" |
| ~ landmark | an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken. |
| ~ limbus | a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure. |
| ~ rib | a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant. |
| ~ blade | a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue). |
| ~ radicle | (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve). |
| ~ plexus, rete | a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels. |
| ~ tube-shaped structure, tube | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure. |
| ~ passageway, passage | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass.; "the nasal passages" |
| ~ fundus | (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening.; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the stomach" |
| ~ funiculus | any of several body structure resembling a cord. |
| ~ head | that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves. |
| ~ bodily cavity, cavum, cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. |
| ~ tooth root, root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support. |
| ~ capsule | a structure that encloses a body part. |
| ~ uvea | the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid. |
| ~ lens nucleus, nucleus | the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex. |
| ~ membranous labyrinth | the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth. |
| ~ bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth | cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth. |
| ~ glans | a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris. |
| ~ alveolar bed | lung tissue densely packed with alveoli. |
| ~ valve | a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it. |
| ~ vascular structure | a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels. |
| ~ lacrimal apparatus | the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye. |
| ~ cytoskeleton | a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence. |
| ~ nucleolar organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolus organizer | the particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division. |
| ~ centromere, kinetochore | a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.; "the centromere is difficult to sequence" |
| ~ aster | star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis. |
| ~ neural structure | a structure that is part of the nervous system. |
| ~ plica, fold | a folded part (as in skin or muscle). |
| ~ gyrus, convolution | a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain. |
| ~ cartilaginous structure | body structure given shape by cartilage. |
| ~ ball | a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass.; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" |
| ~ plate | any flat platelike body structure or part. |
| ~ horny structure, unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin. |
| ~ skeletal structure | any structure created by the skeleton of an organism. |
| ~ costa | a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing). |
| ~ head | the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint.; "the head of the humerus" |
| ~ bridge | the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose.; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose" |
| ~ rotator cuff | a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move. |
| ~ cornu | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape. |
| ~ corona | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape. |
| ~ receptor | a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response. |
| ~ zona, zone | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure. |
| n. (group) | 5. social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships.; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family" |
| ~ society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. |
| ~ feudal system, feudalism | the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war. |
| ~ patriarchy, patriarchate | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line. |
| ~ matriarchate, matriarchy | a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line. |
| ~ meritocracy | a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects. |
| ~ pluralism | a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated. |
| ~ form of government, political system | the members of a social organization who are in power. |
| ~ class structure | the organization of classes within a society. |
| ~ separatism, segregation | a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups. |
| ~ system, scheme | a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" |
| v. (change) | 6. structure | give a structure to.; "I need to structure my days" |
| ~ reconstitute, restructure | construct or form anew or provide with a new structure.; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted" |
| ~ coordinate, organise, organize | bring order and organization to.; "Can you help me organize my files?" |
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