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| scaf·fold [ skáff'ld, ská fld ] |
noun (plural scaf·folds) |
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1. framework to support workers: a temporary framework of poles and planks that is used to support workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building
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2. platform for executions: a raised platform on which somebody is executed by hanging or beheading
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3. death by hanging: death by hanging or beheading as a form of punishment
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4. support: a supporting framework
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transitive verb (past and past participle scaf·fold·ed, present participle scaf·fold·ing, 3rd person present singular scaf·folds) |
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erect scaffold around building: to put up a scaffold around or against a building
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| [13th century. Via Old French (e)schaffaut< Vulgar Latin catafalcum] |
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  scaf·fold·er noun |
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