as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
the rigid armature of a highly stratified society
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Recent Examples of armature
As for the armature of the cow, well, that might end up in Victor's and Pelton's yard, joining the rest of the menagerie.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The 10mm dynamic driver handles lower frequencies but passes the higher frequencies over to the balanced armature driver.
—PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
And in the yard, there's a small menagerie of armatures, wireframes that form the base of sculptures: A manatee, a cow, an elephant, even a bear riding a motorcycle.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The guest house, which looks onto the pool, is built with a trellis armature on one face of the building, where hydrangea vines are expected to grow over the coming years.
—David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The 10mm dynamic driver handles lower frequencies but passes the higher frequencies over to the balanced armature driver.
—PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
And in the yard, there's a small menagerie of armatures, wireframes that form the base of sculptures: A manatee, a cow, an elephant, even a bear riding a motorcycle.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The guest house, which looks onto the pool, is built with a trellis armature on one face of the building, where hydrangea vines are expected to grow over the coming years.
—David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armature
Noun
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Dark matter remains effectively invisible by not interacting with light, but its interaction with gravity has helped to shape galactic structures.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Officials said the blaze threatened structures in Ocean and Lacey Townships.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What inspired you to use Trevisani as a framework for your story?—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has outlined a two-month framework to reach a deal with Iran, John Hannah, a senior fellow at JINSA, said during a briefing about Iran’s nuclear weapons program Thursday.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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This hectic oddness undergirds the conspiracy theories and wild extrapolations that course through the film and provides the rickety intellectual architecture for Dr. J.’s mercenary speculations.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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For all that’s been written about design and architecture, relatively little ink has been spilled on the subject of storage units.—
Nathan King,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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Teeth imprints of a large cat were found in the skeleton of a man buried in a cemetery just outside York, a city in northeast England founded by the ancient Romans.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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However, analysis of a man’s skeleton excavated near York appears to finally offer concrete confirmation of the gruesome entertainment.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Armature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armature. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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