frames
/fɹeɪmz/
frames is the plural of frame.
frames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of frame.
Meaning of frame
Noun
frame (plural frames)
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare,
Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps,
Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen,
Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare,
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.
- Synonyms:
- carriage
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
If the audience had a nickel for every time a character on one side of the frame says something could never happen as it simultaneously happens on the other side of the frame, they’d have enough to pay the surcharge for the movie’s badly...
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
Phrases with frames
- frames in
- frames up
- bed frames
- bow frames
- frames out
- key frames
- pit frames
- tin frames
- beer frames
- cold frames
- door frames
- draw frames
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- drop frames
- main frames
- rest frames
- star frames
- time frames
- tool frames
- wire frames
- flash frames
- hoist frames
- jumbo frames
- lever frames
- photo frames
- smear frames
- space frames
- stack frames
- stern frames
- still frames
- water frames
- freeze frames
- ground frames
- Kripke frames
- tenter frames
- window frames
- zimmer frames
- balloon frames
- diamond frames
- drawing frames
- frames of mind
- gallows frames
- hogging frames
- locking frames
- picture frames
- reading frames
- walking frames
- climbing frames
- counting frames
- grinding frames
- inertial frames
- printing frames
- spinning frames
- stocking frames
- composing frames
- reference frames
- shafthead frames
- frames per second
- projective frames
- resistance frames
- retouching frames
- stretching frames
- frames of reference
- open reading frames
- digital photo frames
- invincibility frames
- digital picture frames
- feature control frames
- inertial frames of reference
Words that rhyme with frames
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Questions about frames
- What is frames the plural of?
- Frames is the plural of frame.
- How do you pronounce frames?
- Frames is pronounced /fɹeɪmz/.
Words near frames in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: frames (page history and authors); frame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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