scaffold
Temporary work platform
A scaffold is a temporary framework of poles and planks providing workers access to high surfaces during construction or repair: Workers erected scaffolding around the building.
Historically, a scaffold was also a raised platform for public executions.
Figuratively, to scaffold is to provide supporting structure—in education, scaffolding means giving learners temporary support that's gradually removed as they gain competence.
Execution hanging apparatus
- gibbetExecution display structure
- platformRaised flat structure
- trapdoorHinged floor panel
- hangingExecution by noose
noose · condemned · prisoner · executioner · public · block · hood · drop
Raised flat structure
- plankFlat timber piece
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- trestleBraced structural support frame
- poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
tube · clamp · coupler · ledger · guardrail · toeboard · outrigger · cantilever
Arrangement of interconnected parts
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- foundationUnderlying support structure
outline · architecture · schema · organization · prototype · mockup · armature · base
Ordered numerical arrangement
- hydrogelWater-swollen polymer structure
- biomaterialSubstance for biological integration
- collagenStructural body protein
- tissueDisposable soft paper
cell · growth · porous · biodegradable · implant · regeneration · extracellular · seeding
To uphold or sustain
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- instructionGuidance for action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- zoneBounded area designation
proximal · development · assistance · fading · gradual · release · prompt · modeling
gallows
Execution hanging apparatus
hanging · noose · condemned · prisoner · executioner · public · block · hood · drop · sentence
platform
Raised flat structure
pole · tube · clamp · coupler · ledger · guardrail · toeboard · outrigger · cantilever · access
structure
Arrangement of interconnected parts
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
foundation · outline · architecture · schema · organization · prototype · mockup · armature · base · underpinning
matrix
Ordered numerical arrangement
- hydrogelWater-swollen polymer structure
- biomaterialSubstance for biological integration
- collagenStructural body protein
tissue · cell · growth · porous · biodegradable · implant · regeneration · extracellular · seeding · bioreactor
support
To uphold or sustain
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- instructionGuidance for action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
zone · proximal · development · assistance · fading · gradual · release · prompt · modeling · feedback
- Protein Engineeringprotein folding, mutagenesis, active site, Rosetta
- Bioprintingbioprinting, print head, nozzle, layer-by-layer, hydrogels
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- building verbsbuild, construct, erect, demolish, renovate
- getting startedgetting started, start, begin, first steps, basics
scaffoldunsupported
Lacking backing or proof
groundwork · void · open air
scaffoldfoundation
Underlying support structure
edifice · monument · building · infrastructure · bedrock
scaffoldwrecking ball
Crane-swung demolition weight
demolition · teardown · destruction · rubble · ruins
- construction scaffoldingTemporary work platform structure
- sent to the scaffoldCondemned to die publicly
scaffolding, scaffolds, scaffolded, scaffolder, scaffolders, scaffoldings