frame
(freɪm )
Word forms: frames , framing , framed
1. countable noun B1
The frame of a picture or mirror is the wood, metal, or plastic that is fitted around it, especially when it is displayed or hung on a wall.
Estelle kept a photograph of her mother in a silver frame on the kitchen mantelpiece.
...a pair of picture frames.
Synonyms: mounting, setting, surround, mount
2. countable noun B2
The frame of an object such as a building, bicycle, chair, or window is the arrangement of wooden, metal, or plastic bars between which other material is fitted, and which give the object its strength and shape.
He supplied housebuilders with modern timber frames.
With difficulty he released the mattress from the metal frame, and groped beneath it.
We painted our table to match the window frame in the bedroom.
Synonyms: casing, framework, structure, shell
3. countable noun [usually plural] B2
The frames of a pair of glasses are all the metal or plastic parts of it, but not the lenses.
He was wearing new spectacles with gold wire frames.
4. countable noun [oft poss NOUN]
You can refer to someone's body as their frame, especially when you are describing the general shape of their body.
Their belts are pulled tight against their bony frames.
Synonyms: physique, build, form, body
5. countable noun
A frame of cinema film is one of the many separate photographs that it consists of.
Standard 8mm projects at 16 frames per second.
6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A frame building is one in which pieces of wood form the most important part of the structure, rather than bricks or stone. [US]
He lives in a white-painted frame house behind a picket fence up in Connecticut.
7. verb [usually passive]
When a picture or photograph is framed, it is put in a frame.
The picture is now ready to be mounted and framed. [be VERB-ed]
On the wall is a large framed photograph. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: mount, case, enclose, set
8. verb [usually passive]
If an object is framed by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at.
The swimming pool is framed by tropical gardens. [be VERB-ed preposition]
An elegant occasional table is framed in the window. [be VERB-ed preposition]
Synonyms: surround, ring, enclose, close in
9. verb
If someone frames something such as a set of rules, a plan, or a system, they create and develop it. [written]
After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: devise, plan, form, shape
10. verb [Also VERB noun preposition/adverb]
If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way.
The story is framed in a format that is part thriller, part love story. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
He framed this question three different ways in search of an answer. [VERB noun noun]
Synonyms: express, word, phrase, couch
11. verb
If someone frames an innocent person, they make other people think that that person is guilty of a crime, by lying or inventing evidence. [informal]
I need to find out who tried to frame me. [VERB noun]
He claimed that he had been framed by the police. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: falsely incriminate, set up [informal], fit up [slang]
12. in the frame phrase
If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
We need a win to keep us in the frame for the title.
13. See also cold frame
Vocabulary Builder
BICYCLE handlebars gears crossbar brake saddle frame pedal wheel chain tyre Idioms:
in the frame for something [British]
if you are in the frame for promotion or success, you are very likely to get a promotion or to be successful
They start at the bottom and within six years could be in the frame for a role as partner.
thought to be responsible for a crime or an unpleasant situation, even though this might be untrue
The fact is, there's only ever been one guy in the frame for this killing, and that's the husband.
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Collocations:
frame a question frame a scene frame a view frame the issue gilded frame gilt frame glass frame gold frame hair frames iron frame lanky frame lean frame light frame lightweight frame metal frame mirror frame muscular frame narrative frame narrow frame petite frame rectangular frame seat frame silver frame slender frame slight frame slim frame square frame steel frame sturdy frame tall frame thin frame timber frame titanium frame wire frame wood frame wooden frame
Is that the best way to frame the question?
Christianity Today
These give seemingly clear answers, but real power, he argues, lies with those who frame the question and implement the result.
Times, Sunday Times
But to frame the question properly you had to have a measure for the culture, and a full awareness of how it had depended on freedom.
The Times Literary Supplement
When making use of the pseudocertainty effect, how you frame a question determines the answer.
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That said, he frames the question superbly.
Times,Sunday Times
Outside, combed reeds frame the scene; inside, low beams, cosy rooms and an open fire.
Times,Sunday Times
Outside, shaggy reeds frame the scene; inside, a roaring fire in the inglenook fireplace and low oak beams complete the idyll, with uneven floorboards adding a wonky kind of charm.
Times, Sunday Times
The lion and unicorn once again frame the scene holding up the pennants.
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In the background, a vine frames the scene between the hero and the deities.
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Many complicated algorithms exist that can track motion between frames and generate intermediate frames that scene.
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Wider panes help frame a view of the garden.
Times,Sunday Times
The floor-to-ceiling windows frame a view of the new world trade centre glistening in the clean winter light on the tip of the island.
Times, Sunday Times
Sure, it will frame the view and create much-needed shade in summer, but problems arise when counteracting the long, grey winters.
Times, Sunday Times
Inside, the aim was to frame the view of the sea as dramatically as possible.
Times, Sunday Times
Unlike the sitting room below with its huge windows, the bedroom has just one or two small windows to frame the view.
Times, Sunday Times
Two important cases, both dealing with state mining regulation, help frame this issue.
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To frame the issue, two or more experts are invited to present brief points of view on the problem, which are published back-to-back in the journal.
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Information and debate no longer are part of a search for truth, but rather, a process of advocacy, which frames the issue in terms of competing interest groups.
Christianity Today
It recommends being positive, framing the issue as being about peace not settlements.
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Tears rolled down her face as she clung to her one remaining memento of her lost family - a fading picture in a gilded frame.
The Sun
The pictures were projected on a twenty-foot screen in an ornate gilded frame.
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There are works of art in gilded frames and neat mini-kitchens.
Times, Sunday Times
In the south of the city, near the fashion district, it has flamboyant decor - four-poster beds, enigmatic portraits in gilded frames, mounted antlers, antiques and a delightfully eclectic feel.
Times, Sunday Times
The richly gilded frames of stucco take up the liveliness of the picture and pass it on to the periphery of the vault.
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There were photographs in gilt frames dotted about the walls.
AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway (2004)
On the back wall there was a large gilt picture frame; a projector played banned films on its blank canvas.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The flat-screen TVs are surrounded by gilt frames and sit above painted faux fireplaces.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Double-stitched, with a fibre glass frame, and weighing only 13oz, it won't be a burden on the backpack, either.
Times, Sunday Times
It was larger than the others, and the only one in a glass frame.
Times, Sunday Times
The copyboard was a glass frame, into which the original document was placed.
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Upon receipt the microphotograph was reattached to a glass frame and was then projected by magic lantern on the wall.
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She proceeds to draw a smiley face on the glass frame.
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It was a half-hearted attempt at rebellion because it was behind glass and in a gold frame, bought for about 10 at a local market.
Times, Sunday Times
In certain cases, however, awards may be issued both with and without the gold frame depending upon the level of achievement.
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A ball of flames in a rose gold frame.
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Thieves apparently coveted the icon's gold frame, which was ornamented with many valuable jewels.
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With tassel cushions and gold frames, your house guests will never know you paid so little for them.
The Sun
Like the shadow chancellor, a crop of silver hair frames his lined face and a pair of reading glasses perch precariously on his head.
Times, Sunday Times
Her shoulder-length black hair frames a genial face.
Smithsonian Mag
Neat grey hair frames the mild, inscrutable face of the investment banker he has been most of his life.
Times, Sunday Times
Dishevelled hair frames her wan, exhausted features as she sits up to greet me.
Times,Sunday Times
His straight, blond, shoulder-length hair frames that most elastic of faces.
The Sun
The cast iron frame and strings were still intact but the keyboard was missing.
The Sun
The foundry's original iron frame has been maintained but glass screens and interiors give it a modern edge.
Times, Sunday Times
With a sturdy iron frame, it measures more than 7ft across.
Times, Sunday Times
The wrought iron frame of the gasholder stands 135 feet high and included, at the time of construction between 1877 and 1879, the largest gas tank in existence.
Times, Sunday Times
The clock dials are set in an iron frame 23ft m in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass, rather like a stained-glass window.
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Yet his placid nature, pale complexion and lanky frame make him appear ghostlike and fragile.
Times, Sunday Times
Ironically, it was discovering exercise that finally helped me to fill out my lanky frame.
The Sun
His lanky frame suggested weight would be the biggest enemy to progress.
Times, Sunday Times
The choreographer's lanky frame and febrile energy seem to fill the small room.
Times, Sunday Times
He had little coaching, but worked up his pace and over the next few years filled out his lanky frame.
Times, Sunday Times
A lean frame can handle a bandeau top.
Times, Sunday Times
Inside, the 59-year-old cuts a striking figure, his lean frame topped by signature jet black, collar-length hair.
The Sun
Love's nickname was based on his large, lean frame, at and 195 pounds.
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If you can't drill into your walls, you can lean frames against them, or peg photos or cards on string and hang them over a mirror or headboard.
The Sun
Jockeys face a constant battle with their weight, combining strict diets with abundant aerobic exercises, yet a light frame cannot mean a lack of muscle.
Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, he lacked the incentive of top-quality horses and realised that his naturally light frame gave him an alternative.
Times, Sunday Times
They should have powerful shoulders, a compact back, and a light frame.
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In 1883, a light frame chancel addition was completed and it features a steeply pitched gable roof.
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Despite these he remained a competent defender in spite of his relatively light frame.
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Made from durable nylon and a strong yet lightweight frame, the bags measure approx.
Times, Sunday Times
He looks younger than his 23 years, a youthfulness pronounced by a lightweight frame of less than 9st and 5ft 6in.
Times, Sunday Times
The exhaust growls with a ridiculously satisfying low tone despite the engine size and the lightweight frame made it easy to throw around while squeezing past cars at the lights.
The Sun
It combined a lightweight frame and good handling, with a liquid cooled 250cc two-stroke engine.
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Sport bikes have comparatively high-performance engines resting inside a lightweight frame.
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The ball missed the strings and glanced off the metal frame, slamming into his left eye.
canada.com (2004)
Similarly, a forme is not 'a metal frame to contain already composed type'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
It has a classy metal frame, strong glass and three-week battery life.
The Sun (2016)
At last, a swish handbag with a metal frame that doesn't snap shut and take your fingernails off with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A metal frame and a barred gate had been fitted into the entrance, as if for a prison cell.
THE EXECUTION (2002)
But at one point, as a competitor tried to make an industrial-style mirror frame, we were literally watching concrete dry.
Times, Sunday Times
While this happens, a van (filled with various glass items) stops by and two men carry out a giant mirror frame.
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The window frames the evening scene, the framed mirror frames the painting of a flower.
Times, Sunday Times
I expect his stamina to improve but his muscular frame could work against him in a more gruelling fight.
The Sun
She has no control over her huge, muscular frame.
The Sun
She appeared to have had a muscular frame, indicating that she may have engaged in physical labour.
Times, Sunday Times
His muscular frame belies a sweet demeanor and dry sense of humor that slips by most of his fellow racers.
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He takes off his robe to reveal his muscular frame.
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Throughout the book, references to a wider world are placed beyond the narrative frame.
The Times Literary Supplement
The book leaps abruptly from era to era and country to country, with multiple narratives framed within one another.
Times, Sunday Times
Its frankness, honesty (not always the same thing as frankness), humour, how it fitted complex issues into small narrative frames.
Times, Sunday Times
Its narrow frame was the portal to a dream world.
The Times Literary Supplement
I've met her, she's my height and has a naturally narrow frame.
The Sun
Narrow framed and clear spanned designs provide the maximum amount of light.
Times, Sunday Times
Large frames that overpower your face or narrow frames that will make it appear longer.
Times, Sunday Times
However, many taller people are not just scaled up short people, but tend to have narrower frames in proportion to their height.
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With her dark colouring and petite frame, she should be experimenting with bolder colours.
The Sun (2009)
Her petite frame isn't built to carry nearly 11 stone.
The Sun (2014)
She is a wolf in designer wool, a belligerent desire masked by natural grace and a petite frame that jars against the norm.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She gave it an edgy twist with her choppy hairstyle, a cute look that suited her petite frame.
The Sun (2016)
They lean against a home-made haaf, or sea net, mounted on a rectangular frame and placed across the current.
Times, Sunday Times
Take another board 2 inches by and nail it into the rectangular frame, dividing it into two equal compartments.
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Each of the four sides has arches set in rectangular frame.
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The kiblah wall contains three mihrab niches of stone enclosed within rectangular frame.
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A noble modern and correctly-built warmblood horse with a rectangular frame, big outlines and good basic paces.
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You can do all this with the seat still in the car, although it takes a bit of agility to work under the seat frame.
Times, Sunday Times
Armrests and seat frame were strengthened by gilt wood edging too and continued from the armrests up to the back of the chair.
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Bench seat stanchions were moved inboard to reduce bending stress in the seat frames, allowing them to be lighter.
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For the first few years of production even the seat frames were made of aluminum.
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Pens, perfume, a silver frame or a piece of leather are perfect for people who don't want to spend so much money.
Times, Sunday Times
If you want to double your money, put a picture of a loved one in a silver frame.
The Sun
Black-and-white family photographs in silver frames reveal a strong family likeness.
Times, Sunday Times
It would not pay for some items with silver frames and lids, such as a mirror and picture frames, as the policy had a 30,000 limit for valuables.
Times, Sunday Times
The casket was rectangular in form, embellished with wrought, silver framing, surmounted by chiselled silver ornaments.
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Mark found nothing appealing about her slender frame.
The Sun
Onlookers were shocked to see veins standing out from bulging muscles on her slender frame.
The Sun
Despite his slender frame, he has always relished rugby's physicality.
Times, Sunday Times
She had striking looks, a flawless complexion and a slender frame throughout her life.
Times, Sunday Times
The supermodel has admitted she only eats once a day in a bid to maintain her super slender frame.
The Sun
The slight frame also suddenly appears not so slight.
Times, Sunday Times
But his slight frame and bewildered expression cannot hold back the vast wave of schadenfreude that follows him everywhere he goes.
Times, Sunday Times
The force of them belied a deceptively slight frame.
Times, Sunday Times
It's that look — the wan complexion and slight frame — that, in her words, makes her 'fit for service' in period dramas.
Times, Sunday Times
But he was repeatedly told his slight frame was not suited to top-level football, despite his excellent ball control and vision.
The Sun
The same heartshaped face, strong eyebrows, slim frame.
Times, Sunday Times
Her slim frame shed 16lb in as many days.
Times, Sunday Times
She was shown as having brown hair, a pale but clear complexion, and a small, slim frame.
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This look consists of oversized jewelry, loose-fitting dresses and shirts, paired with a slim frame.
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For example, tiny ears sit atop the upper corners of each square frame.
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The 249 temples that are located in the second precinct all were made with a square frame but varied by different statues and orientations.
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The name was written within a square frame representing the palace, named a serekh.
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It has a small size, with square frame and one head of goat skin.
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The optical track resulted in a rather square frame format for the picture.
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These doors have a steel frame, slotted to receive panels of moulded glass, which can be changed at will.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He reached under the van and stuck the magnet on the inside of the steel frame, the dropper of the container pointing down.
THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE (1991)
To mask its original functionalism, the steel frame had been side-draped with cascades of pink net down to the carpeted metal floor.
A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
The hut has a steel frame and shutters that open outwards and upwards to provide shade.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She uses her trim, sturdy frame to suggest the myriad ways in which our bodies can betray our minds.
Times, Sunday Times
Vibrations must also be limited to prevent experiments being disturbed: thick concrete floors and a sturdy frame will mitigate most, while particularly sensitive equipment will be mounted on sprung bases.
Times, Sunday Times
The mountain bike's sturdy frame and load-carrying ability gave it additional versatility as a utility bike, usurping the role previously filled by the roadster.
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These medieval districts are characterized by their sturdy frame construction and their sinuous and dark streets, as well as by a network of lanes.
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As the 1920s began, prams were now available to all families and were becoming safer, with larger wheels, brakes, deeper prams, and lower, sturdier frames.
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But rather than trying to hide his tall frame, he decided it was better to make a big impression.
The Sun
With his dark features and tall frame, he's gorgeous, with the warmest smile.
The Sun
His tall frame hunched over the piano, he radiated elemental musicality and awkward charisma.
Times, Sunday Times
He has a lightness on his feet, to go with the lean, tall frame and long reach.
Times, Sunday Times
The tall frame, the deep baritone voice, the arrogant turn of the head.
Outlook India
At her 25th birthday party her worryingly thin frame and glassy eyes again caused questions.
The Sun
It features a 5in high-definition screen and a 13-megapixel camera within a thin frame.
Times, Sunday Times
However, his thin frame was ideal for long-distance running.
Times, Sunday Times
I wonder if my thin frame puts guys off.
The Sun
But the screen appears far bigger by nearly filling the front of the device, with only a thin frame around it.
Times, Sunday Times
Between 400,000 and 600,000, according to the agent, which would give you galleried reception rooms, double-height windows, and would leave the original timber frame exposed.
Times, Sunday Times
Its boxy timber frame provides shade and a balcony.
Times, Sunday Times
At the time, the reluctance of the timber frame housebuilders to tell people how their property was constructed was at the heart of the campaign.
Times, Sunday Times
By contrast, stud partition walls, made from a timber frame overlaid with plasterboard, are non-load-bearing and easy to remove.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet the best material for the extension would be a lightweight timber frame, to minimise the extra load on the existing structure and foundations.
Times,Sunday Times
Mostly it's just a titanium frame with one overdeveloped arm - like a ping-pong champion.
Times, Sunday Times
An example would be a ceramic bearing coating over a titanium frame used for an aircraft.
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As of the 2007 model year, their contains seven carbon frames, one titanium frame, 5 aluminum/aluminum-carbon frames, and one steel frame.
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He earns 292,000 a week, meaning that he can buy a pair of the titanium frames every 20 minutes.
Times, Sunday Times
The eyes are connected with star shaped titanium frames.
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But when they traced it, they discovered a decaying 20-year-old sculpture made of mashed-up paper and glue spread on a chicken wire frame.
The Sun
To create a wreath, use a circular wire frame, pack it tightly with moist moss and secure with wire.
Times, Sunday Times
Best to ditch the woven basket, the wire frame and the sphagnum moss.
Times, Sunday Times
The 20 x 16 x 3in units comprise a plastic tray, lid, wire frame support, built-in watering system and hanging clips.
The Sun
His original head was made of paper-mch, pasted onto a chicken wire frame.
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It's built using a combination of an ash wood frame and handbeaten aluminium and steel bodywork.
Times, Sunday Times
The boards are leather or suede magnetic, surrounded by an elegant wood frame.
canada.com
Residential buildings, predominantly one to two story wood frame structures, weathered the quake with little or no damage.
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When first built in the mid-18th century, this house was a two story wood frame structure.
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The two-inch-thick panels were attached to a conventional wood frame.
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Their delta-wing drone has a lightweight wooden frame that can be broken up for fuel, and an airframe skin made of starch-based thermoplastic.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The wooden frame is constructed from reclaimed floorboards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At first he had begun chewing at the wooden frame.
THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
The bed stood in one corner, a rough wooden frame hooked to the wall and ropes looping back and forth to support a mattress.
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE (1999)
The house had a wooden frame, and there was a big picture window overlooking the lake.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Translations:
Chinese: 框架, 配框给 图画或照片
Japanese: 骨組み, 額縁に入れる
- online provider
- online publisher
- online publishing
- online purchase
- online questionnaire
- online quiz
- online registration
- online rental
- online resource
- online retailer
- online retailing
- online revenue
- online romance
- online sale
- online sales
- online search
- online seller
- online seminar
- online service
- online shopper
- online shopping
- online site
- online store
- online supermarket
- online survey