Thesaurus / under pinning
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synonyms for under pinning
- aid
- assistance
- brace
- buttress
- column
- mainstay
- post
- shore
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- infrastructure
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- chief ingredient
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- principal element
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- backing
- abutment
- agency
- back
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- bed
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- block
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- collar
- column
- cornerstone
- device
- flotation
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- foundation
- fulcrum
- groundwork
- guide
- hold
- lining
- means
- medium
- pillar
- platform
- pole
- post
- prop
- rampart
- reinforcement
- rest
- rib
- rod
- shore
- stake
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- stiffener
- stilt
- substratum
- substructure
- sustentation
- timber
- underpinning
- clamp
- splint
- arm
- band
- bar
- bearing
- block
- bolster
- boom
- bracer
- bracket
- buttress
- cantilever
- girder
- grip
- guy
- lever
- mainstay
- peg
- prop
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- rib
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- monument
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- caryatid
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- cylinder
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- peristyle
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- bless
- buy
- check
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- debunk
- double-check
- justify
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- give green light
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- give stamp of approval
- give the go-ahead
- give the nod
- lap up
- make good
- make sure
- rubber-stamp
- sign off on
- size up
- thumbs-up
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 637 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under pinning, such as: base, framework, footing, groundwork, root, and support.
How to use under pinning in a sentence
He said it was a job for giants; clinging to the face of the precipice while you blew out and built on—under-pinning, isn't it?
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSSAnd now he struck away the under-pinning of a few of the supports, so that the wagons could not be launched upon him by hand.
PELLE THE CONQUEROR, COMPLETEMARTIN ANDERSON NEXOThe shaft subsequently made on the Wapping shore was sunk to its full depth without any under-pinning.
THE LIFE OF ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, CIVIL ENGINEERISAMBARD BRUNEL