Meaning & use

frame

noun·Everyday

A rigid structure that surrounds, supports, or encloses something, such as a picture or a building.

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He carefully hung the old photograph in a simple wooden frame above the desk.

The bicycle's aluminum frame made it much lighter than the old steel model.

A note on using this word

Frame also names a single image in a film or video, and, informally, a person's build, as in 'a tall frame.'

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To enclose something in a border, or to falsely present someone as guilty of a crime.

Detectives later proved that the informant had framed him for the robbery.

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