scaffold /ˈskæf.əld/noun 6verb 4forms 3phrases 1 noun6 •A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building. •A structure that provides support for some other material. •A device in scaffolding, i.e. the provision of a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support. •An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed. •An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes. •An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace. verb4 •To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding. •To sustain; to provide support for. •To provide a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support. •To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes. formsscaffolded · scaffolding · scaffolds Phrases with scaffold go to the scaffoldTo be executed (usually by hanging or beheading).