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underframework

underframework noun: an underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.

Noun

underframework (plural not attested)

  1. (figuratively, no plural, literal) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
    • No. 2 shows the cop of weft in its case in position for working, where it is retained by two smooth bowls of bosses fixed in their places on the stand or underframework of the loom.1915, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, page 677
    • And a dangerous extracurricular activity had helped turn his muscles to iron: he “rode the rods” with other boys, clinging to the underframework of Union Pacific freight cars rumbling through Abilene.1970, published 2008, Colonel Red Reeder, Dinosaurs A to Z
    Synonyms:
    foundation

Examples of underframework in a sentence

  • The use of an underframework, so to speak, of parallel or crosshatched lines is the best earmark of this ware.2000, Alfred Vincent Kidder, An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology, page 224:
  • We hold onto the underframework of the carriage, barely breathing, expecting a call to be raised that someone has seen us.2018, Kim Foster, Game of Secrets:
  • The Foundations of this church mark faith; for upon this foundation and underframework must we build all good works that they may become GOD's temple.2019, Mark Spurrell, The Symbolism of Medieval Churches:

Synonyms of underframework

Forms of underframework

alternative formunder-framework

Origin of underframework

From under- + framework.

Questions about underframework

What does underframework mean?
Underframework means an underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
How do you use underframework in a sentence?
The use of an underframework, so to speak, of parallel or crosshatched lines is the best earmark of this ware.
What part of speech is underframework?
Underframework is a noun.

Words near underframework in the dictionary

  1. underfoud
  2. underfouds
  3. underframe
  4. underframed
  5. underframes
  6. underframework
  7. underframing
  8. underframings
  9. underfreight
  10. underfreighted
  11. underfreighting

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