framework: Meaning and Definition of

frame•work

Pronunciation: (frām'wûrk"), [key]
— n.
  1. a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.
  2. a frame or structure composed of parts fitted and joined together.
  3. the construction or sale of frames.
  4. work done in, on, or with a frame.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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