SUPPORTING STRUCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supporting structure mean? 

• SUPPORTING STRUCTURE (noun)
  The noun SUPPORTING STRUCTURE has 1 sense:

1. a structure that serves to support something

  Familiarity information: SUPPORTING STRUCTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPORTING STRUCTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A structure that serves to support something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("supporting structure" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supporting structure"):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

frame; skeletal frame; skeleton; underframe (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape)

support (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation)

 Context examples 

It promotes cellular proliferation and provides a supporting structure to which cells or cell lysates in culture dishes adhere.

(Extracellular Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)