scaffolding

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English

Definitions

verb

To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
To sustain; to provide support for.
To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.

noun

A temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
Source code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development.
Any framework or support.

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Synonyms

shelf canopy tent studio tower construct stand staging scaffoldage scaffolding tower stage skeleton standard trestling egg crate false works

Associated

formwork scaffold sheeting actin learner bamboo proteins plywood protein erected signaling collapsed

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