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enframement

enframement noun: that which enframes; a frame.

Noun

enframement (plural enframements)

  1. That which enframes; a frame.
    • The last house in the row, No. 648, is much more elaborate than the others, with a composite-order door enframement and something like a Palladian window on the second floor, richly modeled and topped with a broken pediment.2009 April 19, Christopher Gray, “In Audubon Park, a Few Surviving Oriels”, in New York Times

Forms of enframement

pluralenframements

Origin of enframement

From enframe + -ment.

Questions about enframement

What does enframement mean?
Enframement means that which enframes; a frame.
What part of speech is enframement?
Enframement is a noun.
What is the plural of enframement?
The plural of enframement is enframements.

Words near enframement in the dictionary

  1. enfouls
  2. ENFP
  3. ENFPs
  4. enframe
  5. enframed
  6. enframement
  7. enframements
  8. enframes
  9. enframing
  10. enfranchisable
  11. enfranchise

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