framework
- noun
- /ˈfreɪmˌwɜrk/
- I just got finished putting the framework together.
- a legal framework
- a theoretical framework
- an administrative framework
But it's this beautiful, gorgeous framework that has all the blood vessels still there.
- But it's this beautiful, gorgeous framework that has all the blood vessels still there.
- With this physical framework comes mental strength.
Examples
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In fact, you can see the black metal framework just just there.
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The new software provides a flexible framework that allows developers to build applications more easily.
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Core Location is a framework to manage location.
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With this physical framework comes mental strength.
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You know, when you go on a site, you see the framework.
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An older couple was working at a framework made of wood and wire mesh.
Fiction book (1999) -
People stand and look through the shattered dome framework at the new blue sky.
Fiction book (1990) -
On the positive side, this established a legally binding ethical framework for biomedical research.
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However, the key to a PBIS framework is the community-wide nature of its implementation.
Academic text (2013) -
Physics training is a very good training where it's a good framework for reasoning, where you're trained to think about first principles and reason from there.
Synonyms
A strong structure that holds a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture
A set of bones that supports and gives shape to a person or animal
Inside support that gives a building or machine its shape and strength
A strong metal part under a car that supports the engine and body
A hidden part under a vehicle or machine that gives it strength
Antonyms
Compounds
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Framework comes from the words frame (a basic shape or 'structure') and work ('something done' or the parts that do a job). So a framework is like the wooden or metal 'skeleton' that holds a building up, which is why it means a supporting structure.