ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Framer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈfɹeɪmɚ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Framer is a noun meaning A person who makes frames for paintings.

Meaning

A person who makes frames for paintings.

More Meanings

  1. A person who assembles the frame of a ship.
  2. (US) A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building.
  3. A person who writes a new law.
  4. A person who frames another, attempting to have them convicted of a crime they did not commit.
  5. (Internet) A person who embeds another person's web pages in an HTML frame, so that they misleadingly appear to be part of the framing site.

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles Times is also policing Web sites that frame its site without permission. As of November 1997, the Times had threatened to send cease and desist letters to unlicensed framers.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include framesmith, airframer, paintmaker, reframer, gestalter, finisher.

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