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

1 sense of scaffolding

Sense 1
scaffolding, staging -- (a system of scaffolds)
       => system -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer")

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?")