iframe
3 synonyms for iframe, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An element of a web page that embeds a second, separate web page inside a rectangle on the first, so that things such as a video player, a map or a payment form can appear within a page while actually being served by another site.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun technical
An element of a web page that embeds a second, separate web page inside a rectangle on the first, so that things such as a video player, a map or a payment form can appear within a page while actually being served by another site.
“The video is in an iframe, so it loads from the video service rather than from us.”
2. verb informal
To embed one page inside another using such an element.
“We iframed the pricing calculator into the partner's site.”
How to use iframe
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Technical; written iframe or i-frame after the HTML tag name.
Etymology
A shortening of inline frame, the name of the HTML element.
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