scaffold
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Synonyms: saffold, scaffolded, stafford, scaffolds, safford, spafford, swafford
Antonyms: saffold, scaffolded, stafford, scaffolds, safford, spafford, swafford
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|structure to aid construction}} A [[structure]] made of [[scaffolding]] for [[worker]]s to stand on while working on a [[building]].
- {{senseid|en|platform for executions}} An [[elevated]] [[platform]] on which a criminal is [[execute]]d. {{C|en|Capital punishment}}
- An [[elevated]] [[platform]] on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some [[Native American]] tribes.
- {{lb|en|metalworking}} An [[accumulation]] of [[adherent]], partly [[fuse]]d [[material]] forming a [[shelf]] or [[dome]]-shaped [[obstruction]] above the [[tuyere]]s in a [[blast furnace]].
- {{lb|en|sciences}} A structure that provides support for some other [[material]].
- {{lb|en|pedagogy}} A [[device]] in [[scaffolding]], i.e. the [[provision]] of a [[framework]] or [[support]] for achieving an [[intend]]ed [[outcome]] of [[internalize|internalizing]] [[learning]]s by way of [[collaboration]] and later [[gradual]] [[withdrawal]] of [[support]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To set up a scaffolding; to [[surround]] a building with scaffolding.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sustain]]; to provide support for.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[dispose of]] the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
- {{lb|en|transitive|pedagogy}} To [[provide]] a [[framework]] or [[support]] for achieving an [[intend]]ed [[outcome]] of [[internalize|internalizing]] [[learning]]s by way of [[collaboration]] and later [[gradual]] [[withdrawal]] of [[support]]. {{defdate|since {{cite-journal|en|author={{w|Jerome Bruner}}|title=The Ontogenesis of Speech Acts|work=Journal of Child Language|volume=2|year=1975|pages=!1 seqq.|doi=10.1017/S0305000900000866}}}}
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