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frame

The correct spelling is frame.

How to pronounce frame

/fɹeɪm/
noun

IPA: /fɹeɪm/

Say it like: Fra-me

The correct spelling is frame. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. For example: "Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls."

Usage Examples

Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.

His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.

The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
  2. 2.Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
  3. 3.The structure of a person's body; the human body.
  4. 4.A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
  5. 5.A piece of photographic film containing an image.

verb

  1. 1.To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
  2. 2.To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
  3. 3.To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
  4. 4.Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
  5. 5.Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.

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