Definition of frameworks:
(n) :
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
(n) :
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(n) :
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(n) :
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(n) :
(grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
(n) :
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.