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Definitions
An underlying layer, foundation, or linguistic influence beneath another.
Word origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō. By surface analysis, sub- + stratum.
Used in a sentence
“However exaggerated an estimate this might be, the substratum of truth was solid and auriferous enough to dazzle the imagination.”
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