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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Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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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"
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Verb | 1. | scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it" |
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scaffold
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Translations
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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