scaffold
noun
a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building.
are scaffolding
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present progressiveof scaffold.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"The role of one of the members of the royal family is essentially to be scaffolding. You are scaffolding for the sovereign."
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022
The questions of policy and logistics are scaffolding for a much deeper set of questions about who we are and who we want to become as a species.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2017
Overhead in every gallery of the exhibition are scaffolding pipes running between walls.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2012
