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Scaffold

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Meaning

Noun

In Construction:
A structure
for
to
while
a building.
In Capital punishment:
An
on which a
is executed.
In Construction & Death:
An
on which
are
of, as by some Native American tribes.
In Construction & Death:
An
of
,
a
or dome-shaped
above the
in a
furnace.
In Sciences:
A structure that provides support for some other material.

Verb

In Construction:
To
; to provide support for.
In Construction & Death:
To
the
of the
a
or
, as by some Native American tribes.
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Origin

scaffold
English
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scaffold
Middle English (1100-1500)
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scaffaldus
Latin
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eschaffaut
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
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scadafaltum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym

Rhymes

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