Thesaurus: scaffold

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1. n. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.
2. n. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
3. n. An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
4. v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
5. n. a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
6. n. a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
7. v. provide with a scaffold for support
8. 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Shak. 2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. Sir P. Sidney. 3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
9. An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming ashelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blastfurnace.
10. n:100 n. a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) n. a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers v. provide with a scaffold for support