scaffold
noun
a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building.
is scaffolding
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present progressiveof scaffold (3rd person singular).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 local council building, the police headquarters and the main post office have been restored, and there is scaffolding around the Govkhar Agha mosque and the Armenian Orthodox Ghazanchetsots Cathedral.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2022
Now all that's visible is scaffolding and the plastic.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2021
There is scaffolding and netting outside, and one of the owners, Ira Drukier, said it was structural work that forced the closing of the restaurant.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Its frame is scaffolding, with a lining of rough boards that play the role of oak panelling in posh restaurants.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2010
All else is scaffolding; this is the building which it contemplates, and when the building is reared the scaffolding may be cleared away.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
