framework
A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
Noun 4 meanings
A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
A basic conceptual structure.
“These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.”
Etymology
From frame + work.
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FRAMEWORK at a glance
FRAMEWORK has 9 letters and scores 21 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + A 1 + M 3 + E 1 + W 4 + O 1 + R 1 + K 5) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,297 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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