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scaffold
[ skaf-uhld, -ohld ]
noun
- a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building.
- an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging.
- a raised platform or stage for shows or performances, the seating of spectators, etc.
- any raised framework or system of such frameworks.
- a suspended platform used by painters, window washers, and others for working on a tall structure, such as a skyscraper.
- Cell Biology, Genetics. any of various extracellular framelike components found naturally in genomic material and synthesized for tissue engineering.
- Metallurgy. any piling or fusion of materials in a blast furnace, obstructing the flow of gases and preventing the uniform descent of the charge.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish (a building or other structure) with a system of temporary platforms for supporting workers and materials during construction, repairs, cleaning, etc.:
Our team will scaffold the building in order to provide access for restorative work and maintenance.
- to be the support or foundation for:
All knowledge is scaffolded by its physical and social contexts.
- Education.
- to aid (learners or their learning) using a method in which support in the application of a new skill is gradually reduced until the individual learner can demonstrate it independently, after which the mastered skill becomes the basis for acquiring the next new skill in a similar way:
Showing students how to do something can be an effective first step in scaffolding learning.
The program scaffolds middle-school learners through the scientific inquiry process.
- to design (learning materials, curriculum, etc.) to suit this method of instruction:
This paper explains the model used to scaffold lessons for English language learners.
scaffold
/ ˈskæfəld; -fəʊld /
noun
- a temporary metal or wooden framework that is used to support workmen and materials during the erection, repair, etc, of a building or other construction
- a raised wooden platform on which plays are performed, tobacco, etc, is dried, or (esp formerly) criminals are executed
verb
- to provide with a scaffold
- to support by means of a scaffold
Derived Forms
- ˈڴڴDZ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ··ڴDZ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scaffold1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scaffold1
Example Sentences
In 2023, David Chick of Northamptonshire was arrested after allegedly climbing scaffolding at Broadcasting House and hitting the statue with a hammer.
"On the Monday morning the letting agency informed me that I could possibly have a Banksy. By then the scaffolding had gone and this seagull appeared."
With solar panels, metal scaffolding and cornerstones, they began constructing their vision for a sovereign micronation that they planned to call Autopia — the place that builds itself.
One of rock’s most charismatic and talented frontmen, Eddie Vedder, often climbed the scaffolding and towering speakers and dove into the crowd, doing whatever it took to grab the audience’s attention.
Allan said he had accepted that he had lost his money, but when his family tried to call the roofers to try to get the scaffolding down, they did not respond.
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