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framing

verbnounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ//

The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of framepresent participle and gerund of frame

noun

  1. 1

    The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.

    wooden framing

    steel framing

    The framing of the photograph was excellent.

  2. 2

    The placing of something in context.

  3. 3

    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.

Forms

plural
framings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).