substrate

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sub=strate

CIDE DICTIONARY

substrate, n. 

 A substratum.  [1913 Webster]

substrate, a. 

 Having very slight furrows.  [1913 Webster]

substrate, v. t. [L. substratus, p. p. of substrahere. See Substratum.].

 To strew or lay under anything.  [1913 Webster]
"The melted glass being supported by the substrated sand."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

substrate, n.
1 = SUBSTRATUM.
2 a surface to be painted, printed, etc., on.
3 Biol. a the substance upon which an enzyme acts. b the surface or material on which any particular organism grows.

Etymology

Anglicized f. SUBSTRATUM