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scaffold

The correct spelling is scaffold.

How to pronounce scaffold

/ˈskæfəld/
noun

IPA: /ˈskæfəld/

Say it like: Sca-ffo-ld

The correct spelling is scaffold. A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
  2. 2.An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
  3. 3.An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
  4. 4.An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
  5. 5.A structure that provides support for some other material.

verb

  1. 1.To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
  2. 2.To sustain; to provide support for.
  3. 3.To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.

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