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- [skaf-uh ld, -ohld]
- /ˈskæf əld, -oʊld/
- /ˈskæf.əʊld/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skaf-uh ld, -ohld]
- /ˈskæf əld, -oʊld/
Definitions of scaffold word
- noun scaffold a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building. 1
- noun scaffold an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging. 1
- noun scaffold a raised platform or stage for exhibiting spectacles, seating spectators, etc. 1
- noun scaffold any raised framework. 1
- noun scaffold a suspended platform that is used by painters, window washers, and others for working on a tall structure, as a skyscraper. 1
- noun scaffold Metallurgy. any piling or fusion of materials in a blast furnace, obstructing the flow of gases and preventing the uniform descent of the charge. 1
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Origin of scaffold
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde < Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque
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Parts of speech for Scaffold
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scaffold popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scaffold usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scaffold
noun scaffold
- belvedere — a building, such as a summerhouse or roofed gallery, sited to command a fine view
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- footlight — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- gallows — a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
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