Meaning of frameful | Babel Free

Definitions

A quantity that fills a frame (any sense).

Examples

“In the old days each frameful was of one colour; but now, by what is called “planting,” an extra colour or two may be worked in the frames, providing it is done judiciously, so as not to produce⟳ a perceptible stripe.”

“Spread⟳ out the wet⟳ mixture of sand and cement so that two framefuls of screened gravel or crushed rock may be placed upon it.”

“And all she saw⟳ was a frameful of twinkling stars and inky scrub between the posts and lintel of a bush verandah.”

“Several framesful of old patent medicine and revenue stamps bore out the date⟳ on the sign⟳.”

“The sparrows had done exactly the same ; and in one garden, at any rate, had expressed their unseasonable hunger by falling on a frameful of lettuces and devouring the best leaves, just as the pigeons are skeletonising the turnips on adjacent tilths.”

“After you've made a frameful of wall, remove⟳ the bolts, detach the frame, and slide⟳ it along for the next section.”

“The two of them walk⟳ along the wall gazing at the framed objects- which could, I suppose⟳, be called collage-work. I recognize a frameful of typewriter parts put⟳ together to resemble⟳ a procession of cripples.”

“Each box contains ten light⟳ wooden frames which enclose the honeycomb so that you can lift⟳ it out one frameful at a time.”

“Included in the decoder is a memory or store which retains a frameful of information sent by the computer and displays it continuously on the TV.”

“Archer has a frameful on his wall. One of them, Nora holding the tambourine aloft, has a touch⟳ of the woman at her completest and noblest.”

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