steel frame

American  

[steel fraym] / ˈstil ˈfreɪm /

noun

1. a method for constructing buildings using a grid of steel beams to support floors, roofs, and walls, or the grid of steel beams used to support the structure (often used attributively).

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Example Sentences

The third iteration of the clubhouse, modeled after The Reform Club in London, is built around a prefabricated steel frame imported from the U.K., and reassembled here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Irvin’s drawing captured how, for Black people under apartheid, the hulking steel frame of the vehicle represented an intimidating and oppressive military intrusion into everyday life.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

But I wanted to be more porous and more part of the show, so instead of having a drywall room, I made it a skeleton, a steel frame.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

The building was designed so the exterior brick and steel frame support each other, so the loss of exterior brick can threaten the building’s integrity, said structural engineer Larry Sandhaas.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

It was heavy wire, with holes about the size of an acorn, and it was set in a steel frame.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien