Complete Definition of "scaffold"

Image:Peri_scaffolding_marques_riscal.jpg|thumb|right|A large scaffold in front of a building.
English

Etymology
From Old French eschaffaut

Pronunciation
IPA|RP /�skæf��ld/

Noun
scaffold

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

Derived terms
go to the scaffold
send to the scaffold

Translations
trans-top|A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
Danish: stillads n
Portuguese: andaime m
Spanish: andamio
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trans-top|An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
Danish: skafot n
Portuguese: cadafalso m
Spanish: horca, patíbulo, cadalso
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ttbc|Dutch: stelling
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Verb
en-verb

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

Derived terms
scaffoldage
scaffolder
scaffolding

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