framework

Plural

frameworks

1. 1.A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.

2. 2.The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

3. 3.The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

4. 4.A basic conceptual structure.

   • These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

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Synonyms

• model

Word family

• frame