scaffold

[US]/'skæfəʊld/
[UK]/'skæfold/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a temporary structure used to support workers and materials during the construction or repair of buildings
vt. to construct or support with a scaffold

Phrases & Collocations

scaffold construction

steel scaffold

scaffold platform

scaffold safety

Example Sentences

Scaffolding has been erected around the tower.

His clutch was not tight enough and he fell from the scaffolder.

A horizontal timber in a scaffold, attached to the uprights and supporting the putlogs.

He mounted the tumbril with him, he mounted the scaffold with him.

Don't upcast or chuck the scaffolding materials and don't leave behind the material on scaffolding.

Tooth implants were generated from pig third molar tooth bud cells seeded onto polyglycolide (PGA) and polyglycolide-colactide (PLGA) scaffolds, and grown for 4 weeks in the omenta of adult rat hosts.

These results indicated that a nonhistone protein scaffold really existed and distributed as granules and fibres over the whole chromosomes.

Objective: To obtain the acellular matrix from tracheae of rabbits and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, acted as tubular scaffold for salivary gland organoid tissue engineering study.

Dayton International Ltd.- Aerial work platform, underbridge work platform, boom, scissor, vertical lift, scaffold, material lift, ladder, fibreglass ladder, safety belt.

Real-world Examples

So they're basically scaffolds for biodiversity.

Source: Earth Laboratory

In some structures microfibrils form a scaffold for additional proteins like elastin.

Source: Osmosis - Genetics

For over a year, this enchanting tower house has been covered by scaffolding.

Source: BBC English Unlocked

You'll see this sort of scaffolding that looks like a bunch of tubes squished together.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

I go to a young man up on the scaffold...

Source: America The Story of Us

There was scaffolding around the building as renovations were being done.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2019 Collection

This time, they acted as scaffolding to help heal spinal injuries.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

Engineers stand on top of scaffolding slotting graphite reflectors into place.

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

Miss Plimsoll, how alluring you look, waiting like a hangman on the scaffold.

Source: Prosecution witness

Several men who survived described hanging for hours from scaffolding as water swept through.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation February 2021

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