cadre

cadre

noun

Definition of CADRE

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form <claims that the problem will never be solved within the existing cadre of the state bureaucracy>

Synonyms architecture, armature, cadre, configuration, edifice, fabric, framework, framing, infrastructure, shell, skeleton, structure

Related Words cage, lattice, network; contour, figure, outline, profile, shape, silhouette; chassis