frame house

noun

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

Words nearby frame house

frambesioma, framboesia, framboise, frame, frame aerial, frame house, frame line, frame of mind, frame of reference, frame saw, frame story

Origin of frame house

First recorded in 1545–55

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Examples from the Web for frame house

It is at the frame-house stage, and will soon blossom into the red-brick stage.
In the Midst of Alarms|Robert Barr
There was a frame-house in the distance, and in front of it a barnyard, and sheds with thatched roofs.
Jimmie Higgins|Upton Sinclair
Somehow or other, year after year has flown by, and still we have not got that frame-house we promised ourselves.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)|William Delisle Hay
Nettie started: she thought he would fancy it had it been done, if done at all, when he gave her the push at the frame-house.
Little Nettie|Susan Bogert Warner

Nettie started; she thought he would fancy it had been done, if done at all, when he gave her the push at the frame-house.
The Carpenter's Daughter|Anna Bartlett Warner

British Dictionary definitions for frame house

frame house

noun

a house that has a timber framework and cladding

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