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framing devices

framing devices is the plural of framing device.

Meaning of framing device

Noun

framing device (plural framing devices)

  1. An introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
    • The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom.1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 317

Questions about framing devices

What is framing devices the plural of?
Framing devices is the plural of framing device.

Words near framing devices in the dictionary

  1. framily
  2. framing
  3. framing chisel
  4. framing chisels
  5. framing device
  6. framing devices
  7. framing effect
  8. framing effects
  9. framing hammer
  10. framing hammers
  11. framing in

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