frame

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈfɹeɪ̯m/]

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1. frame (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

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

2. frame (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.

Example: The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare,
Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps,
Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen,
Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow.

3. frame (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

Example: His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.

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