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- pronunciation:
- struhk
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a thing made up of a number of parts joined together in a certain way.
A human cell is a complicated structure.
- synonyms:
- construction
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| definition 2: |
the way in which such a thing is joined together.
A carpenter knows about the structure of furniture.- synonyms:
- composition, form, makeup, organization
- similar words:
- frame, lay
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| definition 3: |
anything that has been built.
They have finished building the new structure for the playground.
- synonyms:
- construction
- similar words:
- building
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| related words: |
facility, order, organization |
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The word structure
contains the following parts:
struct
Latin
root
that means build
  Example words:
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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