framework

[ freym-wurk ]

/ ˈfreɪmˌwɜrk /

a skeletal structure designed to support or enclose something.

a frame or structure composed of parts fitted and joined together.

the construction or sale of frames.

work done in, on, or with a frame.

Origin of framework

First recorded in 1635–45; frame + work

un·der·frame·work, noun

Law has been rebuilt in the last 50 years to be an instrument of control, not a framework for human responsibility.

Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans |Philip K. Howard |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What if healthy sexuality was the framework that young adults used to process every sexual message that they encounter?

A Rallying Cry Against the Oversexualization of Our Youth |Darryl Roberts |November 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The basic plot of The Virgin Spring, which was lifted off a Medieval tale, became the framework for The Last House on the Left.

Wes Craven's Favorite Scary Movies |Wes Craven |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For that reason, researchers have developed a framework to describe quantum theory in combination with general relativity.

Black Holes Exist. So Does Bad Science |Matthew R. Francis |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“The framework has not changed,” said Carly Lindauer, senior external communications director for the College Board.

RNC to Congress: Investigate the AP U.S. History Exam |Gideon Resnick |August 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Man is a part of nature, bound up in all his being with the framework of the Universe.

Parallel Paths |Thomas William Rolleston
Finally, her framework became so worn that she was dismantled.

Zeppelin |Harry Vissering
It was a native hut, built of canes and reeds, woven upon a framework formed of saplings and stronger trees.

Jack Haydon's Quest |John Finnemore
Mallory might be a time-thief; but within the framework of his profession he believed in playing fair.

A Knyght Ther Was |Robert F. Young
The reliefs are enclosed in Donatello's framework of latish Renaissance design, but the figures themselves are very simple.

Donatello |David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

framework

/ (ˈfreɪmˌwɜːk) /

a structural plan or basis of a project

a structure or frame supporting or containing something

frames collectively

work such as embroidery or weaving done in or on a frame