undersetting
Base placed beneath
Undersetting is placing something beneath as a support or foundation.
The word appears in older texts, particularly biblical translations, referring to structural supports or bases: The laver stood upon twelve oxen, with undersetters at the four corners.
As a verb, to underset is to prop up from below.
Secure ground position
- substructureSupporting base beneath
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- bedrockSolid stone underground
plinth · substratum · pier · pile · abutment · sill · cornerstone · pedestal
Horizontal structural beam
- beamStructural support member
- girderMain structural support beam
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- lintelBeam over an opening
cantilever · rafter · purlin · strut · brace · shoring · scaffolding · framework
To uphold or sustain
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- steadyingMaking less shaky
- securingMaking firmly fixed
anchoring · firming · strengthening · buttressing · bolstering · fixing · grounding · consolidating
Kept out of sight
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- unseenNot perceived visually
- latentPresent but inactive
beneath · covert · veiled · buried · submerged · inconspicuous · unnoticed · subliminal
footing
Secure ground position
- substructureSupporting base beneath
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
bedrock · plinth · substratum · pier · pile · abutment · sill · cornerstone · pedestal · substrate
joist
Horizontal structural beam
lintel · cantilever · rafter · purlin · strut · brace · shoring · scaffolding · framework · reinforcement
support
To uphold or sustain
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- steadyingMaking less shaky
securing · anchoring · firming · strengthening · buttressing · bolstering · fixing · grounding · consolidating · stiffening
hidden
Kept out of sight
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- unseenNot perceived visually
latent · beneath · covert · veiled · buried · submerged · inconspicuous · unnoticed · subliminal · implicit
undersettingoverlay
Covering placed atop
overlayer · topping · capping · covering · superimposition
undersettingoverlay
Covering placed atop
overburden · superstructure · covering · topping · cladding
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