frame house

American

noun

a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.

frame house British

noun

a house that has a timber framework and cladding

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Etymology

Origin of frame house

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

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Bochetto and his business partner at the time renovated the frame house to how it looked when Ali — known then as Cassius Clay — lived there with his parents and younger brother.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Upon exiting the train, he discovered a single two-story frame house in a forest of sweet-gum trees.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2018

His bus rolled to a stop in front of a small white frame house with peeling paint and a carefully tended flower garden.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2018

Worried that their rented frame house would not make it through the storm, Ms. Steele her husband and sons, ages 2 and 4, rode it out at St. John Inn in the Cruz Bay section.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2017

In 1857 she bought a small frame house in Auburn from William H. Seward, who was at the time the United States Senator from New York.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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