Framework
['freɪmwɜːk] or ['fremwɝk]
Definition
(noun.) a structure supporting or containing something.
(noun.) the underlying structure; 'providing a factual framework for future research'; 'it is part of the fabric of society'.
Checker: Olivier--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.
(n.) Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Skeleton, frame, framing, carcass.
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Examples
- The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact--of absolute undeniable fact--from the embellishments of theorists and reporters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- To us the State seems to be built up out of the family, or sometimes to be the framework in which family and social life is contained. Plato. The Republic.
- Robert Jordan was climbing down into the framework of the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We had only to lift the framework gently at the head and foot, and to transport our patient where we pleased, without disturbing herself or her bed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I, in right of my great personal strength, took the head of the framework--my wife and Madame Rubelle took the foot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A kindred sort of vessel grew up by the use of skins and hides expanded upon a wicker framework. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lattice-paned, lead framework, three separate windows, one swinging on hinge, and large enough to admit a man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The piano is the best protected of all the stringed instruments, being inclosed by a heavy framework, even when in use. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By my directions the bed had been made, in the morning, on a strong movable framework of wood. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A new gigantic material framework for human affairs has come unto existence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This shell is a framework made up of aluminium trellis work, and divided into seventeen compartments, each having its own gas bag. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Clym reached the hatches, the framework of which was shaken to its foundations by the velocity of the current. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The old mental and moral framework of Europe was breaking up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Around it is placed a framework, B, which is very necessary, for it is hollow, and it is through it that the voice of the invisible person is heard. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The framework in which the motor was placed consisted of a double hollow square of steel tubing, joined at the rear corners by steel castings and by malleable castings in front. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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