A-frame
Americannoun
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any upright, rigid supporting frame in the form of a triangle or an inverted V , as V .
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a building constructed principally of such a frame, with a steep gabled roof resting directly on a foundation.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of A-frame
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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A metal archway gives way to a plastic A-frame board describing Floyd and the global movement that his murder inspired.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
The most committed cheese-lovers can opt for the state’s most recognizable Airbnb, a bright yellow A-frame cabin that resembles a wedge of Swiss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
With its red-accented A-frame roof, footbridge and wishing well, the home echoed the dwarfs’ forest abode from the movie, but sat in the distinctly more metropolitan locale of the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
In Ms. Sherrod’s childhood home, a one-story, brick A-frame in Pascagoula, money was tight.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2023
Shin pulled an A-frame carrier loaded with straw.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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