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Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, from Old French eschaffaut, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”), from Late Latin scadafaltum, from ex- + *cadafaltum, catafalcum (“view-stage”), from Old Italian *catare (“to view, see”) + falco (“a stage”), a variant ofbalco (“stage, beam, balk”), from Lombardic palko, palcho (“scaffold, balk, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam, rafter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg- (“beam, plank”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“scaffold, balk, beam”). More at catafalque, balcony, balk.

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(UK) IPA: /ˈskæfəʊld/
(US) IPA: /ˈskæfəld/ or IPA: /ˈskæfl ̩d/

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scaffold (plural scaffolds)

A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

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[show ▼]structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building

[show ▼]platform for executions

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scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)

(transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

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[show ▼]set up scaffolding

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scaffold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
scaffold in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
scaffold at OneLook Dictionary Search

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scaf·fold (sk

ld, -

)

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.]

scaffold [ˈskæfəld -fəʊld]

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

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]

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"
	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?"

scaffold

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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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.

scaf·fold (sk

ld, -

)

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.]

scaffold [ˈskæfəld -fəʊld]

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

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]

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"
	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?"

scaffold

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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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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