noun

scaffold

scaffold, framework, gallows

Workers stood on the scaffold to paint the building.

Workers stood on the scaffold to paint the building.

The tissue engineer used a biological scaffold.

The tissue engineer used a biological scaffold.

((a/the)) scaffold ((for sth.)) a temporary structure for (sth.) They built a scaffold for the construction.

Synonyms: platform, framework, structure

From Old French 'eschafaut', meaning a platform for viewing.

Picture a temporary structure that holds things up, whether it's workers on a building or cells in a lab.

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