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noun
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
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An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
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noun
An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
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noun
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
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Topics: arts, crafts, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, metallurgy, metalworking, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A structure that provides support for some other material.
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Topics: sciences
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noun
A device in scaffolding, i.e. the provision of a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support.
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verb
To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To sustain; to provide support for.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To provide a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
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Broader terms: arrangement
noun
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
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Broader terms: platform
verb
provide with a scaffold for support
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Broader terms: hold, support, sustain, hold up
History
From Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Anglo-Norman schaffaut, eschaffaut, eschafal, eschaiphal, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”) (Modern French échafaud), from Old French es- (indicating movement away or separation) (from Latin ex- (“out, away”)) + chafaud, chafaut, chafault, caafau, caafaus, cadefaut (“scaffold for executing a criminal”), from Vulgar Latin *catafalcum (“viewing stage”), possibly from Ancient Greek κατα- (kata-, “back; against”) + Latin -falicum (from fala, phala (“wooden gallery or tower; siege tower”)).
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