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Meaning
Noun
●
In Construction:
A structure
made of
scaffolding
for
workers
to
stand on
while
working on
a building.
●
In Capital punishment:
An
elevated
platform
on which a
criminal
is executed.
●
In Construction & Death:
An
elevated
platform
on which
dead
bodies
are
ritually
disposed
of, as by some Native American tribes.
●
In Construction & Death:
An
accumulation
of
adherent
,
partly
fused
material
forming
a
shelf
or dome-shaped
obstruction
above the
tuyeres
in a
blast
furnace.
●
In Sciences:
A structure that provides support for some other material.
Verb
●
In Construction:
To
set up
a
scaffolding
; to
surround
a
building
with
scaffolding
.
●
To
sustain
; to provide support for.
●
In Construction & Death:
To
dispose of
the
bodies
of the
dead on
a
scaffold
or
raised
platform
, as by some Native American tribes.
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Origin
scaffold
English
scaffold
Middle English (1100-1500)
scaffaldus
Latin
eschaffaut
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
scadafaltum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Scaffold
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