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frameless

frameless

1 4.4
Without a border around it
  • adjective
  • /ˈfreɪmləs/
: sin marco
  • His new smartphone has a frameless screen that maximizes display space without any borders.
  • frameless stereotactic

But my window isn't it's, it's frameless.

Examples

  • Carrying the now frameless mirrors in each hand, Hawk hustles to the top of the steps and suddenly stops.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "She took off those frameless eyeglasses and cleaned them.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A bird perched on the frameless, shutterless window.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Circular blue lenses without frames were implanted over her eyes like frameless spectacles.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Frameless glass doors in a sleek office building, etched: Allied Security, Threat Assessment, Miami, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • There is one house here, or, to be more precise, the remains of one house—bare walls with a pretentious pattern on them, and empty sockets left by frameless windows.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The frameless design of the shower door makes the bathroom feel more open and airy.

  • She admired the modern art piece featuring a frameless glass frame that emphasized the artwork itself.

Synonyms

rimless
vsframeless
2 3.6

Having no frame, often on glasses

applies more broadly to lack of a full surrounding frame or border
unframed
vsframeless
1 4.0

A picture that has no wooden or metal border around it

is the general descriptive adjective for lacking any surrounding border or frame
unbordered
vsframeless
1 7.1

An area or object with no clear edge that seems to join what is around it

focuses more on absence of a surrounding frame or complete border

Antonyms

27 2.8

Placed inside a border for support or decoration

How Framed

encased
12 4.1
framed
27 2.8
mounted
68 4.2
frameless
1 4.4

Surface Forms

frameless positive

Morphology

frameless = frame (transparent) = frame + less

Straightforward formation from 'frame' + the productive suffix '-less', meaning 'without a frame'.

Etymology

Frameless is built from frame ('a border or edge around something') and the ending -less ('without'). So frameless means 'without a frame', like a mirror or shower door with no border, giving a clean, modern look.