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The correct spelling is frames.
How to pronounce frames
noun
IPA: /fɹeɪmz/
Say it like: Fra-mes
The correct spelling is frames. 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.The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- 2.Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- 3.The structure of a person's body; the human body.
- 4.A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- 5.A piece of photographic film containing an image.
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.
- 5.Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
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