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framework

1. frame.work \'fra-m-.w*rk\ n 1a: a skeletal, openwork, or structural 
   frame  1b: a basic structure (as of ideas)  2: FRAME OF REFERENCE  3: the 
   larger branches of a tree that determine its shape 
2. framework vt : to graft scions of another variety on the framework of (a 
   tree)