scaffold
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/ˈskæfəld/
English
Definitions
noun
- A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
- An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
- An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
verb
- To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
- To sustain; to provide support for.
- To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
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Synonyms
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