scaffold
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a buildingA structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
» Tom got down from the scaffold.
Meaning
6 sensesA structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
Gerüst, Baugerüst
леса́lesá, подмо́сткиpodmóstki
риштува́нняryštuvánnja
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
Schafott
эшафо́тešafót, пла́хаpláxa
ешафо́тešafót, пла́хаpláxa
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
A structure that provides support for some other material.
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.
Examples
17 sentencesTom got down from the scaffold.
The scaffolding that Tom built collapsed.
I saw Tom climbing up the scaffolding.
Tom fell off the scaffolding while he was painting the house.
The scaffolding Tom built collapsed.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Anglo-Norman schaffaut, eschaffaut, eschafalFrom 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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