The most basic frames are called primary frameworks.

"The basic frames are metal, but the support material is plastic."

Already the basic frame of the room had been constructed.

It is an ultra-modern machine, but the basic frame may well be over two hundred years old.

This architecture, which is the basic frame and chassis setup of a car, was significantly re-engineered in 1997.

We can keep a basic frame there and update the system on it.

The wall and basic frame were scheduled to be finished in April and May respectively.

"A little thicker around the stomach, perhaps, but we're still the same height, the same basic frame."

But he likes to "start with a basic frame, then cut, add, turn it into a piece that is my style - contemporary art."

That word was used in the Camp David accords, a basic frame of reference for these negotiations.