1
: a support structure shaped like the letter A
2
: a building typically having triangular front and rear walls and a roof reaching to or nearly to the ground
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Ophiuchus makes a large, narrow, five-sided shape – rather like a tall A-frame house.
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 25 June 2025
Colette Pollard’s set is like an A-frame, a lovely evocation of small-town Tennessee, even if the band (under the lively direction of Ellie Kahn) looks a bit scrunched.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
There might be miles of conveyors with sortation, A-frames, carousels, or shuttle systems.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Sky View first launched its design combo on the 11.8-lb (5.4-kg) Sky View XL car camping tent, which uses a large, burly external A-frame pole structure.
—New Atlas, 2 June 2025
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 25 June 2025
Colette Pollard’s set is like an A-frame, a lovely evocation of small-town Tennessee, even if the band (under the lively direction of Ellie Kahn) looks a bit scrunched.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
There might be miles of conveyors with sortation, A-frames, carousels, or shuttle systems.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Sky View first launched its design combo on the 11.8-lb (5.4-kg) Sky View XL car camping tent, which uses a large, burly external A-frame pole structure.
—New Atlas, 2 June 2025
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“A-frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/A-frame. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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