framework

noun6

1. •
   A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
2. •
   A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
3. •
   An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
4. •
   (figurative) A basic conceptual structure.

   • These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
5. •
   The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
6. •
   The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.