NOUN | artifact | scaffold | a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) |
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artifact | scaffold | a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers | |
VERB | contact | scaffold | provide with a scaffold for support |
Sounds | skae'fahld | |
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Rhymes | addled ... wrinkled: 103 rhymes with ahld... |
Meaning | A platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded). | |
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Part of | instrument of execution | An instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
Broader | platform | A raised horizontal surface |
Spanish | cadalso, horca, patíbulo | |
Catalan | cadafal, patíbul |
Meaning | A temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers. | |
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Part of | scaffolding, staging | A system of scaffolds |
Broader | arrangement | An orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit |
Spanish | andamio | |
Catalan | bastida |
Meaning | Provide with a scaffold for support. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "scaffold the building before painting it" | |
Broader | hold, support, sustain, hold up | Be the physical support of |
Nouns | scaffolding | a system of scaffolds |
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