Frame facts for kids

Picture frames

Bicycle frame

A frame is a flat container to hold something. It can also be an outer part of the structures.

Frame could also mean:

• Timber framing, a method of building for creating framed structures of heavy timber
• Framing (construction), a building term known as light frame construction
• Door frame or window frame, structures fixed to buildings, vehicles or other containers to which the hinges of doors or windows are attached and can be locked shut
• Frame and panel, a method of woodworking
• Framer, a carpenter who assembles major structural elements in constructing a building
• Frame of reference, the set of coordinates in which a system is observed
• Basis (linear algebra), an ordered basis is also called a "frame"
• Framework, software
• Film frame, one of the many single photographic images in a motion picture
• Frame (vehicle), on which the carrossery of the automobile is mounted
  • Body-on-frame, construction technology for automobiles
  • subframe
  • chassis
• Picture frame, a solid border around a picture or painting
• Eyeglass frames

See also

In Spanish: Frame para niños