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frameless

frameless

1 4.4
Without a border around it
  • adjective
  • /ˈfreɪmləs/
translation icon : 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
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

2.8

Placed inside a border for support or decoration

How Framed

encased
4.1
framed
2.8
mounted
1 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.