Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

framer

/ˈfɹeɪmɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: framer
IPA: /ˈfɹeɪmɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who makes frames for paintings.

noun

A person who assembles the frame of a ship.

noun

A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building.

American usage

noun

A person who writes a new law.

noun

A person who writes a new law.

American usage

noun

A person who frames another, attempting to have them convicted of a crime they did not commit.

noun

A person who embeds another person's web pages in an HTML frame, so that they misleadingly appear to be part of the framing site.

Example Sentences

"the Framers of the Constitution"
"In a real sense, US democracy has died this month. It doesn’t mean it’s dead for the long term but at this moment the idea of an accountable representative system, as the framers of the constitution wrote it, is no longer present."
"The Los Angeles Times is also policing Web sites that frame its site without permission. As of November 1997, the Times had threatened to send cease and desist letters to unlicensed framers."

Etymology

From frame + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɹeɪmɚ/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

framers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

framee

Rhymes With

gamer disclaimer kramer cramer tamer lamer flamer raymer namer reclaimer ramer bramer

Questions

How do you pronounce framer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹeɪmɚ/.
What does framer mean?: A person who makes frames for paintings.
Where does framer come from?: From frame + -er.

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