picture-frame

  • 41frame — [[t]fre͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦♦ frames, framing, framed 1) N COUNT 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… …

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  • 42frame — /freɪm / (say fraym) noun 1. an enclosing border or case, as for a picture. 2. anything composed of parts fitted and joined together; a structure. 3. the sustaining parts of a structure fitted and joined together; framework; skeleton. 4. the body …

  • 43frame — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of a door/picture/window ADJECTIVE ▪ door, window ▪ photo, photograph, picture ▪ metal, steel, wire …

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  • 44picture — I n. photograph 1) to snap, take a picture drawing, image, painting 2) to draw; paint; retouch a picture 3) to frame; hang a picture 4) (BE) an Identikit (T) picture 5) in a picture (did you see the animals in the picture?) 6) (misc.) as pretty… …

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  • 45picture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 painting/drawing/photograph ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, lovely, pretty, striking, stunning, wonderful ▪ blurred, blurry …

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  • 46frame — I UK [freɪm] / US noun Word forms frame : singular frame plural frames ** 1) a) [countable] a structure that forms a border for a picture or mirror and holds it in place a silver photograph frame b) a border around a door or window The window… …

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  • 47Animated picture — Picture Pic ture, n. [L. pictura, fr. pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. F. peinture. See {Paint}.] 1. The art of painting; representation by painting. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Any well expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. Sir H. Wotton …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48frame — noun 1》 a rigid structure surrounding a picture, door, etc.     ↘(frames) a metal or plastic structure holding the lenses of a pair of glasses.     ↘the rigid supporting structure of a vehicle, aircraft, or other object.     ↘a box like structure …

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  • 49frame — n. & v. n. 1 a case or border enclosing a picture, window, door, etc. 2 the basic rigid supporting structure of anything, e.g. of a building, motor vehicle, or aircraft. 3 (in pl.) the structure of spectacles holding the lenses. 4 a human or… …

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  • 50frame — [[t]freɪm[/t]] n. v. framed, fram•ing 1) a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc 2) bui civ a rigid structure formed of joined pieces and used as a major support, as in buildings, machinery, and furniture 3) anat. a body, esp. a… …

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