What does framework mean?
Word: Framework
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Framework means the basic frame that holds something up or gives it shape; also a set of ideas or rules used to plan or decide something.
Synonyms: frame, skeleton, outline
How do you spell framework?
Syllables: frame - work
Tricky part: Frame and work are joined as one word, with no space or hyphen between them.
Watch out for: framewerk, fremework, framewurk
Memory tip: No space and no hyphen: a framework is one solid structure, so write it as one solid word.
Framework in a sentence
Example 1: The framework of the tent is made of light aluminium poles.
Example 2: The committee drew up a framework for the new sports policy.
Example 3: A bamboo framework holds the painted scenery upright during the school play.
Fun Fact
The Eiffel Tower is an open iron framework of about 18,000 pieces held together by roughly two and a half million rivets, with no solid outer walls.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) brakethrough
b) framework
c) grasshoper
d) homesik
Show answer
b) framework. Grasshopper doubles the p, homesick ends in ck, and breakthrough begins with break, not brake.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
framework
a) structure
b) surface
c) decoration
d) ruin
Show answer
a) structure. A framework is the structure that holds something in shape.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The engineer showed us the steel framwork of the new metro station before the walls and roof were put up.
a) framwork
b) station
c) engineer
d) walls
Show answer
a) framwork. Frame does not lose its e when work joins it.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
wokmafrer
a) teamwork
b) framework
c) fieldwork
d) firework
Show answer
b) framework. Fieldwork needs an i, an l and a d, firework an i, and teamwork a t; these nine letters spell framework.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In 'a framework for the school timetable', framework means ____.
a) a set of wooden toys
b) a painted picture frame
c) a basic plan to build on
d) a list of holidays
Show answer
c) a basic plan to build on
2. Which object has a framework you can easily see?
a) a sofa cushion
b) a pillow
c) a bicycle
d) a football
Show answer
c) a bicycle
