Usually means: Underlying layer or foundational basis.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word substratum:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. substratum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. substratum: Merriam-Webster
  3. substratum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. substratum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. substratum: Collins English Dictionary
  6. substratum: Vocabulary.com
  7. substratum: Wordnik
  8. substratum: Wiktionary
  9. substratum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. substratum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. substratum: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. substratum: Dictionary.com
  13. Substratum (linguistics), Substratum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Substratum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. substratum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. substratum: Rhymezone
  17. Substratum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. substratum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. substratum: FreeDictionary.org
  20. substratum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. substratum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Substratum (linguistics), substratum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. substratum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Substratum (linguistics), substratum: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A layer that lies underneath another.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
▸ noun:  (linguistics) A substrate.

Similar:
substrate, underlay, underlayer, sublayer, overstratum, understratum, subsurface, superstratum, subterrain, subsoil, more...

Opposite:
superstratum

Phrases:
linguistic substratum, substratum (linguistics), Substratum in Vedic Sanskrit, more...

Adjectives:
common, solid, physical, underlying, permanent, suitable, hard, biological, real, anatomical, rocky

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    brown,     beige,     taupe,     olive,     umber, more...

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Similar:
substrate, underlay, underlayer, sublayer, overstratum, understratum, subsurface, superstratum, subterrain, subsoil, more...

Opposite:
superstratum

Phrases:
linguistic substratum, substratum (linguistics), Substratum in Vedic Sanskrit, more...

Adjectives:
common, solid, physical, underlying, permanent, suitable, hard, biological, real, anatomical, rocky

Colors:
    brown,     beige,     taupe,     olive,     umber, more...



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