Frame Structure Freɪm Small Single Noun Picture/Photo Aluminium

• a picture/photo frame
• aluminium window frames
• i'm going to paint the door frame white.
• she leaned against the frame of the door.

frame

1. a strong border or structure of wood, metal, etc. that holds a picture, door, piece of glass, etc. in position
• a picture/photo frame
• aluminium window frames
• I'm going to paint the door frame white.
• She leaned against the frame of the door.
• pictures in gold frames
2. the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a building, a vehicle, etc. that gives it its shape
• SEE ALSO A-frame
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/a-frame
• a bicycle frame
• The bed frame is made of pine.
• the frame of an aircraft/a car/a bicycle
• In the 1920s, federal office buildings were typically built with steel frames encased in concrete or granite.
3. a structure of plastic or metal that holds the lenses in a pair of glasses
• gold-rimmed frames
4. the form or structure of a person or animal’s body
• to have a small/slender/large frame
• The bed was shorter than his six-foot frame.

Extra Examples

• She has quite a small frame.
• a man with a lean, athletic frame
5. the general ideas or structure that form the background to something
• SEE ALSO time frame
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/time-frame
• In this course we hope to look at literature in the frame of its social and historical context.
6. one of the single photographs that a film or video is made of
• SEE ALSO freeze-frame
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/freeze-frame
7. a single picture in a comic strip
8. one of the separate areas on an internet page that you can scroll through (= read by moving the text up or down)
9. a small wooden or metal frame covered with glass that you grow seeds or small plants in to protect them from cold weather
10. a single section of play in the game of snooker, etc., or in bowling
• He won the first frame easily.
11. be taking part/not taking part in something
• We won our match, so we're still in the frame for the championship.
12. to be wanted/not wanted by the police because you are/are not suspected of having committed a crime
• He was always in the frame for the killing.

Word Origin

• Old English framian ‘be useful’, of Germanic origin and related to from. The general sense in Middle English, ‘make ready for use’, probably led to senses (3 and 4) of the verb; it also gave rise to the specific meaning ‘prepare timber for use in building’, later ‘make the wooden parts (framework) of a building’, hence the noun sense ‘structure’ (late Middle English).