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scaffolding

scaffolding

23 3.6
A temporary platform of boards and metal poles that workers use to reach high parts of a building
  • noun
  • /ˈskæf.əldɪŋ/
: andamio
  • During the renovation, the crew erected scaffolding around the house for safety.
  • provide scaffolding
  • necessary scaffolding
  • erect the scaffolding

Money was obviously I couldn't get a job in scaffolding, so I thought I'll have a go at this with this company.

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Examples

  • The workers set up the scaffolding to reach the highest parts of the building.

  • The teacher may facilitate learning through scaffolding when more difficult tasks accrue.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We're moving the scaffolding to the west wall.

    The Secret of Kells (2009)

  • You wonder why I ordered the scaffolding to be taken down.

    The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

  • Who are those people up in the scaffolding?

    Terror Firmer (1999)

  • I'm afraid of walking under scaffolding during construction.

    Sinister Switch (2021)

  • And today I walked by the acres of scaffolding outside what used to be the Plaza Hotel.

    The Brave One (2007)

  • Soran turns and begins to climb up the scaffolding toward the top of the rock face.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The results indicated much variability in the amount of adult scaffolding required for successful completion of the task.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The old cathedral was a shell, though some scaffolding hinted at possible restoration.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

staging
vsscaffolding
  • UK
24 4.7

A temporary platform workers stand on to reach high parts during building or repair work

is used mainly for building work and refers to the system of platforms
scaffold
vsscaffolding
10 4.0

A temporary platform that workers stand on to reach high places

refers to the whole system of such platforms rather than one piece
trestlework
vsscaffolding
  • Specialized
9.6

A frame of connected supports, often wooden, that holds a bridge or scaffolding

is the general temporary system for workers rather than a fixed bridge support

How Big

scaffolding
23 3.6
scaffold
10 4.0

Surface Forms

scaffolding singular
scaffoldings plural

Morphology

scaffolding = scaffold (transparent) = scaffold + ing

The word is a straightforward noun formed from scaffold + -ing, referring to a set of scaffolds or scaffold structures.

Etymology

The word scaffolding comes from the older word scaffold, which meant a 'raised platform' or 'stage' where people stood. So scaffolding are the temporary boards and poles that hold workers up while they build or repair a building.