under-framework From under- + framework. <span class="searchmatch">underframework</span> (plural not attested) (literal, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure...
muscles to iron: he “rode the rods” with other boys, clinging to the <span class="searchmatch">underframework</span> of Union Pacific freight cars rumbling through Abilene. 2007, Rilla...
microframework multiframework reference framework regulatory framework <span class="searchmatch">underframework</span> viewpoints framework a support structure comprising joined parts and...
Infrastructure Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, <span class="searchmatch">underframework</span> The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to...
superstructure; underbuilding. Synonyms: basis, groundwork, underbuilding, <span class="searchmatch">underframework</span> 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii: Aye...