scaffold

Definition of Scaffold in English :

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Noun

1. scaffold

a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)

2. scaffold

a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

Verb

3. scaffold

provide with a scaffold for support

Example Sentences:
'scaffold the building before painting it'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scaffold

see synonyms of scaffold

noun

1.

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

verb (transitive)

3.

to provide with a scaffold

4.

to support by means of a scaffold

Scaffold

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noun

1.

a temporary wooden or metal framework for supporting workmen and materials during the erecting, repairing, or painting of a building, etc.

2.

a raised platform on which criminals are executed, as by hanging

3.

a temporary wooden stage or platform, as that on which medieval plays were presented

4.

any raised framework

verb transitive

5.

to furnish or support with, or put on, a scaffold

Scaffold

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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.

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