Scaffold

Noun

 * 1) A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
 * 2) An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

Derived terms

 * go to the scaffold
 * send to the scaffold

Verb

 * 1)  To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

Derived terms

 * scaffoldage
 * scaffolder
 * scaffolding

Thesaurus
ax, block, cross, death chair, death chamber, drop, echafaudage, electric chair, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet, guillotine, halter, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, lethal chamber, maiden, noose, rope, scaffolding, stage, staging, stake, the chair, tree

Etymology
scaffold: from scaffaldus: from  eschaffaut: from  scadafaltum: from ex-: + *undefined: from   *undefined: + falco:, a variant of balco:, of  origin, from  balco: from  from. Akin to balco:. More at catafalque, balcony, balk.

Pronunciation

 * or
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Noun

 * Czech:
 * Danish: stillads
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: σκαλωσιά


 * Hungarian: állványzat
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, подмостки
 * Spanish:


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: schavot
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: eşafod
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * West Frisian: skavot

Verb

 * Dutch: een


 * French: