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scaffolding

[skaf-uhl-ding, -ohl-]

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noun

a scaffold or system of scaffolds.

materials for scaffolds.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English skaf(f)aldyng; see scaffold, -ing¹

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While it can be an eye sore, construction scaffolding is great for doing pull-ups.

Scaffolding simplifies the task when students are first learning it.

More secrets may be revealed by research into the skeleton's more acknowledged role of scaffolding.

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While it can be an eye sore, construction scaffolding is great for doing pull-ups.

Scaffolding simplifies the task when students are first learning it.

More secrets may be revealed by research into the skeleton's more acknowledged role of scaffolding.

Nucleated cells have an internal scaffolding called a cytoskeleton, made in part of filaments of the protein actin.

The stump of the once-glorious dome is now covered with wooden scaffolding.

Can't wait to see the scaffolding go away and really get a sense of the architecture.

Unfortunately, the collagen hardens and the scaffolding never goes away.

Scaffolding mobilizes those cells and then allows them to regenerate in the shape that we'll need.

But if they are to perform real tasks, you need to remove the scaffolding at some point.

The collagen scaffolding is gradually reabsorbed into the body.

They also knew that the molecule alpha-catenin anchors the adherens junctions to the cell's scaffolding.

Just repairing the elaborate stucco ceiling took five professionals on scaffolding more than a year.

The scaffolding protein wraps around the lipid, forming a little disc with the photosynthetic reaction center perched on top.

He said he designed the scaffolding to match the scale of the surrounding buildings so it would blend into the urban landscape.

Only later, as new tools become available, do the theories show their dependence on the technical scaffolding that built them.

Suspended inside this scaffolding are pockets of carbon dioxide gas that are produced during fermentation by yeast.

Scaffolding must be constructed inside empty, unlit tanks, and even then inspectors can view only small portions up-close.

The chorus loiters in modern dress in scaffolding to the rear and writhing dancers fill the church.

In this situation, there is subtle social coercion in the underlying scaffolding of the decision.

But once the scaffolding was removed the letters collapsed alarmingly.

The skull provided the scaffolding for many of the girl's features, and her full set of teeth guided her lips.

The hard-hatted men perched on the surrounding scaffolding won't wrap up.

The shop, a few steps down from the street, is bright and sunny-looking despite being partly hidden by scaffolding.

The blaze erupted when welding sparks set alight nylon netting and bamboo scaffolding around the building.

Scaffolding was put up, but it does not appear that any repairs were made.

Two other workers were on the ground beneath the scaffolding when the blocks patched with concrete began to collapse.

Newman, the scaffolding company took it down at no cost.

Greene said, a translucent scrim will be wrapped around the scaffolding.

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noun

a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.

an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging.

a raised platform or stage for exhibiting spectacles, seating spectators, etc.

any raised framework.

a suspended platform that is used by painters, window washers, and others for working on a tall structure, as a skyscraper.

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Metallurgy. any piling or fusion of materials in a blast furnace, obstructing the flow of gases and preventing the uniform descent of the charge.

a system of raised frameworks; scaffolding.

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verb (used with object)

to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding.

to support by or place on a scaffold.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde < Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque

Related forms

un·scaf·fold·ed, adjective

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World English Dictionary

scaffolding (ˈskæfəldɪŋ)

—n
1.	a scaffold or system of scaffolds
2.	the building materials used to make scaffolds

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Word Origin & History

scaffold

c.1347 (implied in scaffolding), aphetic of an O.N.Fr. variant of O.Fr. eschafaut "scaffold," probably altered (by influence of eschace "a prop, support") from chaffaut, from V.L. *catafalicum (see catafalque).

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