Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scaffold

2 senses of scaffold

Sense 1
scaffold -- (a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded))
       => platform -- (a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform")

Sense 2
scaffold -- (a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers)
       => arrangement -- (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scaffold

1 sense of scaffold

Sense 1
scaffold -- (provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it")
       => hold, support, sustain, hold up -- (be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?")