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steel frame

American

[steel fraym] / ˈstil ˈfreɪm /

noun

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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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

“You can count on everything to change,” she says in between welding and sanding a steel frame in her backyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Made out of PVC plastic and shaped by a steel frame, the Christmas tree is hand-painted green and adorned with 450 lights to give it a special holiday glow.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 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

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