iron frame

collocation in English

meaningsofironandframe

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iron
adjective[before noun]
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
very strong physically, mentally, ...
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frame
noun[C]
uk
/freɪm/us
/freɪm/
a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, ...
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(Definition ofironandframefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofiron frame

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To have anironframein your administration does not mean a tyrannical thing, but merely some fixity, some impartiality, some continuity.
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You have crushed the whole system under anironframe.
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Attached to the rear is a two-story, brick andironframestructure built in 1905.
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The hull was of composite construction, with wooden planks over anironframe.
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Also in 1925 all six were re-hung in a newironframe, which has capacity for the ring to be increased to eight.
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Station buildings have anironframe, wooden walls and roof constructed from asbestos cement.
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The clock dials are set in anironframe23ft m in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass, rather like a stained-glass window.
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Most common are towable offices built on an axledironframefor easy relocation.
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The front axle carries theironframevia two elliptical leaf springs.
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When he wished to print, he took anironframeand set it on the iron plate.
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The top of the spires was made fromironframe, while the roofs were made of teak wood construction.
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She was built with a steel-reinforced timber hull over anironframe.
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The bells are suspended in anironframein height and weigh 8 tons.
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In order to give it a rolling and pitching motion, it was mounted on a 5 m (16 ft) squareironframeon a gimbal.
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