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frame

Best crossword clue

"Border around a picture"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹeɪ̯m/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aefmrStarts with FEnds with E6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

Word origin

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”).

Used in a sentence

  • “I will hereafter frame myself to be coy.”
  • “frame my face to all occasions”
  • “We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01“Border around a picture”5 letters
02“Photo border”5 letters
03“Picture border”5 letters
04“Picture holder”5 letters
05“Structure around a picture”5 letters
06“Border or structure”5 letters

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