scaffold

[ skaf-uhld, -ohld ]

/ ˈskæf əld, -oʊld /

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noun

a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.

an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging.

a raised platform or stage for exhibiting spectacles, seating spectators, etc.

any raised framework.

a suspended platform that is used by painters, window washers, and others for working on a tall structure, as a skyscraper.

Metallurgy. any piling or fusion of materials in a blast furnace, obstructing the flow of gases and preventing the uniform descent of the charge.

a system of raised frameworks; scaffolding.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding.

to support by or place on a scaffold.

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Origin of scaffold

1300–50; Middle English scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde<Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque

OTHER WORDS FROM scaffold

un·scaf·fold·ed, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for scaffold

Further, the gel scaffold, which is itself firm, coaxed the cells to grow into a particular shape.
No Trees Harmed: MIT Aims to One Day Grow Your Kitchen Table in a Lab|Jason Dorrier|January 24, 2021|Singularity Hub
The sticks are scaffolded to the regulation height, all alike in length, amply soldered in the middle and free at either end.
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
The sides on both hands scaffolded to the very roof for the members of the House of Commons.
The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2)|John Evelyn
These bears and other beasts are there baited in plots of ground, scaffolded about for the beholders to stand safe.
The Survey of London|John Stow

Then the car halted on the edge of the building-pit and they blinked down and up at the scaffolded monster.
Martyr|Alan Edward Nourse
A few hours later I tore myself away and returned to the hangar, where the Pioneer now reposed in a scaffolded cradle.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scaffold

scaffold

/ (ˈskæfəld, -fəʊld) /

noun

a temporary metal or wooden framework that is used to support workmen and materials during the erection, repair, etc, of a building or other construction

a raised wooden platform on which plays are performed, tobacco, etc, is dried, or (esp formerly) criminals are executed

verb (tr)

to provide with a scaffold

to support by means of a scaffold

Derived forms of scaffold

scaffolder, noun

Word Origin for scaffold

C14: from Old French eschaffaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum (unattested); see catafalque

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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