scaffold

n.

1. A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground.
2. A raised wooden framework or platform.
3. A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading.

tr.v., -fold·ed, -fold·ing, -folds.

1. To provide or support with a raised framework or platform.
2. To place on a raised framework or platform.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.]

noun

A temporary framework with a floor, used by workmen: platform, scaffolding, stage. See machine.

n

A support, either natural or artificial, that maintains tissue contour.

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1. A temporary platform to support workers and materials on the face of a structure and to provide access to work areas above the ground.
2. Any elevated platform.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stillads, platform, skafot
v. tr. - rejse stillads omkring

Nederlands (Dutch)
schavot, steiger, stellage, verhoging

Français (French)
n. - échafaud, (Constr) échafaudage
v. tr. - dresser un échafaudage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schafott, Gerüst
v. - mit einem Gerüst versehen od. stützen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκαλωσιά, κρεμάλα
v. - στήνω σκαλωσιές σε

Italiano (Italian)
patibolo, impalcatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cadafalso (m), andaime (m), palanque (m)
v. - prover de cadafalso

Русский (Russian)
леса, подмостки, эшафот, виселица, трибуна, застраивать лесами

Español (Spanish)
n. - cadalso, patíbulo, andamio, andamiaje
v. tr. - construir andamios o tablados para, poner en un tablado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - byggnadsställning, schavott, åskådarläktare, estrad, podium
v. - resa ställningar, stötta under, stödja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鹰架, 支架, 临时搭起的台架, 断头台, 给...搭鹰架, 用支架支撑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鷹架, 支架, 臨時搭起的台架, 斷頭臺
v. tr. - 給...搭鷹架, 用支架支撐

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (건축장 따위의) 발판, 교수대, 시렁걸이
v. tr. - ~에 비계를 설치하다, ~에 발판에 올라가게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 足場, 吊り足場, 絞首台, 死刑
v. - 足場を設ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سقاله (فعل) يزود بسقاله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פיגום, גרדום‬
v. tr. - ‮חיבר פיגום ל(בניין)‬

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