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Frame

/fɹeɪm/

The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

📖 Definitions of "Frame"

noun

1
The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
"Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls."
2
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
3
The structure of a person's body; the human body.
"His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame."
4
A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
"The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame."

verb

1
To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
2
To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
3
To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
4
Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
"Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof."

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