SCAFFOLD Definition & Meaning

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scaffold

[ skaf-uhld, -ohld ]

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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.
1. 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.
2. 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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of scaffold¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English scaffalde, scaffot, skaffaut, from Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of scaffold¹

C14: from Old French eschaffaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum (unattested); see catafalque

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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.

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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.

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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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Major construction on the new building was completed in late October, at which point scaffolding came down and the city got its first real view of the 900-foot-long concrete structure.

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We’re focused on the stewardship of the existing, more industrial, sort of low-key contexts, and caring for that and letting it have beauty, and then adding this scaffold that might change over time.

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