scaffold
noun
a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building.
scaffolds
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pluralof scaffold.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof scaffold (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
scaffoldnouna temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building.
Example Sentences
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Such scaffolds can lead to faster, cheaper vaccine development, which otherwise can take many years and many millions of dollars.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
For example, in the civilian context, when construction workers fall off scaffolds and can’t walk until receiving surgery and physical therapy, their employers have to provide them workers’ compensation.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026
The restoration lasted over a year, and in that time the cathedral was turned into a bit of a building site, with a maze of scaffolds set up on the altar and transept.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Attached to the scaffolds are compounds called amines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
Most of the other buildings were well under way, including, incredibly, the giant Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, where hundreds of workers swarmed its scaffolds and roof.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
