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Definition of substrate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

substrate

noun
 
/ˈsʌbstreɪt/
 
/ˈsʌbstreɪt/
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  1. a substance or layer which is under something or on which something happens, for example the surface on which a living thing grows and feeds
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: anglicized form of substratum.
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