in figurative use
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
A basic conceptual structure.
The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.