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Framework refers to the initial structure of a building. If you ever wanted to walk through walls, you can get your chance when a new house has just the framework done, because the house will have walls with openings for windows and doors but no plaster or siding.

From the literal meaning of framework — the initial structure of a building — English added figurative meanings. The noun framework, for example, can be any underlying structure something is built on, so you will see examples like: a framework for solving the problem, a framework for the computer program, and a framework for a new relationship.

DEFINITIONS OF: framework

n the underlying structure

“providing a factual framework for future research”

Synonyms:: fabric

Type of:: structure
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts

n a structure supporting or containing something

Types:: show 85 types...; hide 85 types...; airframe
the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines); arbor, arbour, bower, pergola
a framework that supports climbing plants; bustle
a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt; case, casing
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; climbing frame
a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on; clotheshorse
a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying); coaming
a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out; cornice, pelmet, valance, valance board
a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing; deckle
(paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets; derrick
a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered; doorcase, doorframe
the frame that supports a door; buffer, cowcatcher, fender, pilot
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track; frame, framing
a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror; frame
the framework for a pair of eyeglasses; gantry, gauntry
a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.; grate, grating
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire; grill, grille, grillwork
a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; gun carriage
a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing; handbarrow
a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people; hayrack, hayrig
a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry; honeycomb
a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees; fretwork, lattice, latticework
framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal; mounting
framework used for support or display; oxbow
a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox; picture frame
a framework in which a picture is mounted; rack
framework for holding objects; ribbing
a framework of ribs; sash, window sash
a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame; buck, horse, sawbuck, sawhorse
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed; stocks
a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod; stocks
a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction; stretcher
a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting; embroidery frame, embroidery hoop, tambour
a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering; tenter
a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth; truss
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure; undercarriage
framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle; baby-walker, go-cart, walker
an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk; Zimmer, Zimmer frame, walker
a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk; wattle
framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence; window
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air; window frame
the framework that supports a window; barbecue, barbeque
a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors; barbette carriage
a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet; bay window, bow window
a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house; bicycle rack
a rack for parking bicycles; carrier
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like; casement
a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side); casement window
a window with one or more casements; chase
a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time; chassis
a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device; clearstory, clerestory
part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light; coat rack, coatrack, hatrack
a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats; dish rack
a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them; display window, shop window, shopwindow, show window
a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store; dormer, dormer window
a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window; dormer window
the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window; double glazing
a window with two panes of glass and a space between them; reduces heat and noise transmission through the window; double-hung window
a window having two sashes that slide up and down; fanlight
a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan; grape arbor, grape arbour
an arbor where grapes are grown; hayrack
a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock; lancet window
a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery; landing gear
an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground; jalousie, louvered window
a window with glass louvers; mat, matting
mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture; mount, setting
a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; oeil de boeuf
a circular or oval window; 17th or 18th century French architecture; passe-partout
a mounting for a picture using gummed tape; picture window
a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view); pipe rack
a rack for holding a smoker's pipes; pivoting window
a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically; plate rack
a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed; porthole
a window in a ship or airplane; rose window, rosette
circular window filled with tracery; sash window
a window with (usually two) sashes that slide vertically to let in air; fanlight, skylight
a window in a roof to admit daylight; sliding window
a window that open by sliding horizontally; stained-glass window
a window made of stained glass; storm sash, storm window
a window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter; tie rack
a rack for storing ties; toastrack
a rack for holding slices of toast; towel horse, towel rack
a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung; fanlight, transom, transom window
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door; treillage, trellis
latticework used to support climbing plants; trestle
sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop

Type of:: supporting structure
a structure that serves to support something

n a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

Synonyms:: model, theoretical account

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; computer simulation, simulation
(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; mean sun
a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds; Copernican system
(astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun; Ptolemaic system
(astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center; M-theory
(particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong; string theory
(particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings; stochastic process
a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time); Markoff process, Markov process
a simple stochastic process in which the distribution of future states depends only on the present state and not on how it arrived in the present state; random walk
a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance; stationary stochastic process
a stochastic process in which the distribution of the random variables is the same for any value of the variable parameter

Type of:: hypothesis, possibility, theory
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

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