scaffold
Pronunciation:
/ˈskæfəld//ˈskæfld/noun
Definitions
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
verb
Definitions
To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
To sustain; to provide support for.
To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.