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frameless

frameless adjective: without a frame.

Adjective

frameless (not comparable)

  1. Without a frame.
    • Frameless mirrors are fitted above the seats, and a small table below the window.1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328
    • The frameless droplights are fitted with an improved Beclewat catch, which is easier to operate than earlier designs.1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Manchester/Liverpool and Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660
  2. Without frames.
    • So there's still a need for a frameless alternative to any web page.2005, Michael Meadhra, How to Do Everything with Dreamweaver 8

Examples of frameless in a sentence

  • Theoretically speaking, the frame-based and frameless surgical localization system should have similar clinical application accuracy.1998, William M Wells, Alan C F Colchester, Scott Delp, Medical Image Computing and Computer-assisted Intervention:
  • On a frameless cabinet, a separate scribe piece may be attached to a side panel, near its face.2005, Michael W Litchfield, Renovation:

Origin of frameless

From frame + -less.

Words formed from frameless

Questions about frameless

What does frameless mean?
Frameless means without a frame.
How do you use frameless in a sentence?
Theoretically speaking, the frame-based and frameless surgical localization system should have similar clinical application accuracy.
What part of speech is frameless?
Frameless is an adjective.

Words near frameless in the dictionary

  1. frameful
  2. framefuls
  3. framegrabber
  4. framegrabbers
  5. framehon
  6. frameless
  7. framelessness
  8. framelet
  9. framelets
  10. frameline
  11. framelines

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