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framing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.
    • The framing of the photograph was excellent.
    • steel framing
    • wooden framing
  2. (countable, uncountable) The placing of something in context.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Framework or the building thereof.
    • Bodies are of all-metal construction. Framing was supplied in unassembled condition, and assembly and finishing work was carried out at Dundalk. 1958 May 14, “Diesel Railcars for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 352:

Forms

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framings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

framing device · framing effect · verb-framing · framing hammer · underframing · timber framing · framing chisel · picture framing · framing square · satellite-framing

framing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of frame
    form of frame