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| scaffolding | |
| 1. n. A temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. |  |
| scaffold | |
| 1. n. A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building. | |
| 2. n. An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed. | |
| 3. n. (metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace. | |
| 4. n. (sciences) A structure that provides support for some other material. | |
| 5. v. To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding. | |
| 6. v. To sustain; to provide support for. | |
