'Scaffold' definitions:
Definition of 'scaffold'
(from WordNet)
noun
A platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
noun
A temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
verb
Provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"
Definition of 'Scaffold'
From: GCIDE
- Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, n. [OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. ['e]chafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque.]
- 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. [1913 Webster]
- That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuy[`e]res in a blast furnace. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scaffold'
From: GCIDE
- Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scaffold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ax,
- block,
- cross,
- death chair,
- death chamber,
- drop,
- echafaudage,
- electric chair,
- gallows,
- gallows-tree,
- gas chamber,
- gibbet,
- guillotine,
- halter,
- hemp,
- hempen collar,
- hot seat,
- lethal chamber,
- maiden,
- noose,
- rope,
- scaffolding,
- stage,
- staging,
- stake,
- the chair,
- tree