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# scaffold

«scaffold» in Mova's school dictionary: **a framework of metal poles and planks put up around a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a scaffold, scaffolds); verb (scaffold, scaffolds, scaffolded, scaffolding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A scaffold is a framework of metal poles and planks put up around a building so workers can stand on it while building or repairing; the whole structure is usually called scaffolding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#m1)

2) (history) A scaffold was a raised wooden platform where criminals were executed in public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#m2)

3) (school) To scaffold learning is to give support step by step, then take it away as the learner gets better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety, scaffolding on buildings is dangerous to climb — keep away. In history lessons, people like Anne Boleyn and Charles I died on the scaffold. In school, teachers "scaffold" tasks with hints, word banks and examples; the support is removed once you can do it alone.

### examples

- Builders put up a scaffold around the church tower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x1)
- Never climb on scaffolding; it is very dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x2)
- King Charles I was executed on a scaffold in 1649. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x3)
- The teacher scaffolded the story-writing task with a planning sheet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x4)
- Workers stood on the scaffold to paint the windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x5)
- The scaffold was taken down when the roof was finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x6)
- Watch out for poles sticking out from the scaffolding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x7)
- In this dungeon Long Martha had been imprisoned, and from here she was led away to the scaffold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/#x8)

### note

Spelling: double f. "Scaffolding" (uncountable) is the usual word for the poles and planks; "a scaffold" can mean the same or the execution platform. Do not confuse with "scaffold" in learning, which means support.

### In the corpora

- [Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling standing on a scaffold and bending his head back, not lying down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/42-olympiad-picture-puzzles/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scaffold» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffold/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.