enframement

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noun

That which enframes; a frame.

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Meanings

nounenframement (plural enframements)

plural enframements

  1. That which enframes; a frame.

    The last house in the row, No. 648, is much more elaborate than the others, with a composite-order door enframement and something like a Palladian window on the second floor, richly modeled and topped with a broken pediment.

    2009 April 19, Christopher Gray, “In Audubon Park, a Few Surviving Oriels”, in New York Times

Origin

From enframe + -ment.

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APA

enframement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enframement

MLA

“enframement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enframement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enframement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enframement.

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