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scaf·fold  (skfld, -ld) n. 1. A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground. 2. A raised wooden framework or platform. 3. A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading. tr.v. scaf·fold·ed, scaf·fold·ing, scaf·folds 1. To provide or support with a raised framework or platform. 2. To place on a raised framework or platform. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.]

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scaffold [ˈskæfəld -fəʊld]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) 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

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

vb (tr)

1. to provide with a scaffold

2. to support by means of a scaffold

[from Old French eschaffaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum (unattested); see catafalque]

scaffolder  n

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scaf•fold (ˈskæf əld, -oʊld) 

n.

1. a platform or framework for raising workers and materials during the erection, repair, or maintenance of a building or the like.

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

3. any raised platform or stage.

4. any supporting framework.

v.t.

5. to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding.

6. to support by or place on a scaffold.

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

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Noun	1.	scaffold - a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
	2.	scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers scaffolding, staging - a system of scaffolds arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
Verb	1.	scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it" hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

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scaffold

noun gallows, block, gibbet He ascended the shaky ladder to the scaffold.

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scaffold (ˈskӕfəld) noun

a raised platform especially for use formerly when putting a criminal etc to death.

ˈscaffolding noun

an erection of metal poles and wooden planks used by men at work on (the outside of) a building.

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