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Picture frame   /pˈɪktʃər freɪm/   Listen
Picture frame

noun
1.
A framework in which a picture is mounted.






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"Picture frame" Quotes from Famous Books



... excitement and to sway, while spots of intense blue and vivid crimson came out here and there from the blackness when the women rose from their seats on the ground. Then—sharply—there was silence. The sheriff disappeared, and shut in by the sashless window as by a picture frame and blinking in the strong light, stood a man with black hair, cropped close, face pale and worn, and hands that looked white ...
— The Trail of the Lonesome Pine • John Fox, Jr.

... to search for insects that then retire to settle for the night. In a boudoir where the ladies of my family spent their evenings, one of these familiar and amusing little creatures had its hiding-place behind a gilt picture frame. Punctually as the candles were lighted, it made its appearance on the wall to be fed with its accustomed crumbs; and if neglected, it reiterated it sharp, quick call of chic, chic, chit, till attended to. It was of a delicate gray colour, tinged with ...
— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

... and there the plaster was broken as though some fastened object had been violently torn away. At one place an empty picture frame, its glass smashed, hung askew from a hook. As Pendleton caught sight of other empty frames littered about the room, the glass of each broken, their pictures torn out, he exclaimed ...
— Ashton-Kirk, Investigator • John T. McIntyre



Words linked to "Picture frame" :   moulding, framework, molding, border



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