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planning frame

planning frame

7.7
A square wooden frame archaeologists use to draw and measure features at a site
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : marco de planificación
  • The archaeologist set up a planning frame to accurately record the excavation area.

Examples

  • Students learned how to use a planning frame for drawing site features.

  • I saw the planning frames stacked in the storage room.

  • A planning frame helps ensure that maps of the site are drawn to scale.

  • The archaeologist set up a planning frame to outline the excavation area.

  • A planning frame helps ensure that maps of the site are drawn to scale.

  • The archaeologist set up a planning frame to accurately record the excavation area.

  • Students learned how to use a planning frame for drawing site features.

Synonyms

archaeological planning frame
vsplanning frame
  • Specialized
9.9

A square wooden tool archaeologists use to map objects at a dig site

is used to record and draw features generally rather than for precise mapping

Surface Forms

planning frame singular
planning frames plural

Morphology

planning + frame

This is a literal, compositional nominal phrase: 'planning' names the function/purpose and 'frame' names a physical object, so a learner will infer it is a frame used for planning or marking. The archaeological specifics (square wooden tool for recording features) are domain-specific but do not prevent a B1 learner who knows both words from understanding the general meaning.

Etymology

Planning frame comes from a simple tool used by archaeologists. They place a square wooden frame over part of a dig to do the site planning and draw the exact features, so the phrase now means the wooden square used to 'record' and map an excavation.