a border in which a picture, photograph, window or door is enclosed or set
skeleton, casing
Cases of word usage
1) a frame with beads or balls sliding on the roads, for a learning to count or for calculating (abacus)
2) a kind of musical instrument usually made of a hollow round frame with skin stretched over it, played by beating (drum)
3) a frame used to support a blackboard or a picture (easel)
4) a metal frame on the floor in front of an open fireplace; a guard over the wheel of a vehicle (fender)
5) (a metal frame for holding coal etc in) a fireplace; to rub (especially food) into small pieces (grate)
6) (to use) a heavy frame with metal teeth or discs for breaking up (ground) after ploughing (harrow)
7) the body or frame of the ship; the outer covering of some cereal plants and seeds, especially the pods of peas and beans (hull)
8) a light frame to be jumped over; any difficulty to be overcome (hurdle)
9) a horizontal piece of wood or stone forming the top of the frame of a door or window (lintel)
10) the bony frame with the hip-bone and the lower part of the backbone, holding the kidneys, colon, bladder etc (pelvis)