structural Syllabification: (struc·tur·al)Pronunciation: /ˈstrəkCHərəl/Translate structural | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of structural adjective of, relating to, or forming part of the structure of a building or other item:the blast left ten buildings with major structural damage of or relating to the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of a complex whole:there have been structural changes in the industryDerivatives structurally adverb structural in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of structural in the British & World English dictionary