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/ˈskæfəldɪŋ/
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A temporary modular system of tubes, bamboo or wood forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Any framework or support.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
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present participle and gerund of scaffold
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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a system of scaffolds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: staging
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Broader terms: system
Inherited from Middle English scaffaldyng, skaffaldyng, equivalent to scaffold + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations 58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
trena
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Arabic :
سِقَالَات
(siqālāt)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Arabic :
سَقَّالَات
(saʔʔalāt)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Arabic :
سِقَالة
(sigāla)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Armenian :
փայտամած
(pʻaytamac)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Armenian :
լաստակ
(lastak)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Bashkir :
баҫма
(baśma)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Catalan :
bastida
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Chinese Cantonese :
棚架
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Chinese Mandarin :
腳手架 /脚手架
(jiǎoshǒujià)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Czech :
lešení
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Dutch :
steiger
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Esperanto :
skafaldo
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Estonian :
tellingud
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Finnish :
rakennusteline
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
French :
échafaudage
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Georgian :
ხარაჩო
(xaračo)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
German :
Baugerüst
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
German :
Gerüst
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Greek :
σκαλωσιά
(skalosiá)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Greek :
ικρίωμα
(ikríoma)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Ancient Greek :
ἴκρια
(íkria)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Hebrew :
פיגום
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Hindi :
पायठ
(pāyaṭh)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Hungarian :
állványzat
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Hungarian :
állvány
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Ido :
eshafodo
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Irish :
scafalra
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Italian :
ponteggio
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Italian :
impalcatura
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Japanese :
足場
(ashiba)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Kazakh :
құрылыс сатылары
(qūrylys satylary)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Korean :
비계
(bigye)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Manx :
scammalt
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Māori :
rangitupu
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Māori :
tīrewa
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Norwegian Bokmål :
stillas
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Norwegian Nynorsk :
stillas
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Polish :
rusztowanie
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Portuguese :
andaime
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Romanian :
eşafodaj
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Russian :
леса́
(lesá)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Serbo-Croatian :
скеле
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Serbo-Croatian :
skele
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Sicilian :
puntiju
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Spanish :
andamiaje
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Spanish :
andamio
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Spanish :
andamiada
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Swedish :
byggnadsställning
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Thai :
นั่งร้าน
(nâng-ráan)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Turkish :
iskele
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Ottoman Turkish :
اسكله
(iskele)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Ukrainian :
риштува́ння
(ryštuvánnja)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Vietnamese :
giàn
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Vietnamese :
giàn giáo
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Welsh :
sgaffaldiau
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Yiddish :
רישטעוואַניע
(rishtevanye)
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
Zhuang :
gyaqbenz
— system of tubes or poles used to support people and material
