scaffolds
Temporary building structures
Scaffolds are temporary structures erected alongside buildings during construction or repair, giving workers platforms to stand on at various heights.
Figuratively, a scaffold is any temporary framework supporting development: The teacher provides scaffolds until students can work independently.
Historically, a scaffold was also a raised platform for executions.
As a verb, to scaffold is to provide such support.
Execution hanging apparatus
- hangingExecution by noose
- platformRaised flat structure
- trapdoorHinged floor panel
- nooseLoop that constricts
condemned · executioner · punishment · medieval · Tudor · public · historical · beheading
Adding support or encouragement
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- propSupport or stage item
shoring · propping · falsework · formwork · trestle · temporary · stabilization · load-bearing
Preparing for presentation
- stageRaised performance platform
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- daisRaised speaker's platform
- riserStair's vertical portion
catwalk · runway · terrace · gallery · balcony · mezzanine · deck · walkway
Enclosed roofed structure
- erectionAct of building upward
- contractorHired construction professional
- siteDesignated location
- hoistingRaising with effort
crane · laborer · hardhat · builder · workmanship · bricklaying · masonry · carpentry
gallows
Execution hanging apparatus
noose · condemned · executioner · punishment · medieval · Tudor · public · historical · beheading · gibbet
reinforcement
Adding support or encouragement
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
prop · shoring · propping · falsework · formwork · trestle · temporary · stabilization · load-bearing · structural
staging
Preparing for presentation
riser · catwalk · runway · terrace · gallery · balcony · mezzanine · deck · walkway · access
building
Enclosed roofed structure
- erectionAct of building upward
- contractorHired construction professional
- siteDesignated location
hoisting · crane · laborer · hardhat · builder · workmanship · bricklaying · masonry · carpentry · steelwork
template
Preset pattern for reproduction
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- outlineSummary of key elements
- systemConnected parts forming whole
structure · organization · protocol · hierarchy · model · pattern · skeleton · blueprint · architecture · infrastructure
- drug discoverycompounds, SAR, inhibitors, agonists, antagonists
- Bioprintingbioprinting, print head, nozzle, layer-by-layer, hydrogels
- cartilage repairmicrofracture, autograft, autografts, allograft, allografts
- tiered thingscake, wedding cake, tiers, layers, levels
- GenomicsDNA sequencing, genome sequencing, sequencing, genome, DNA
- 3D culturespheroids, organoids, hydrogels, bioreactors, basement membrane
scaffoldsfoundations
Structural bases below ground
bedrock · cornerstones · monuments · load-bearing walls · pillars
- construction scaffoldingTemporary work platform structure
- sent to the scaffoldCondemned to die publicly