scaffold

as in platform
a raised flat surface Standing on a scaffold, the workers replaced the broken twelfth-story window.

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Recent Examples of scaffold Day after day, the nuns were brought to a scaffold in the center of town, while crowds gathered to watch. Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024 Trees that lose the majority of their scaffold branches can’t grow enough replacement foliage to support the tree through another growing season. Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2024 Attached to the scaffolds are compounds called amines. Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 The arena area featured two tall elevated scaffolds, connected by a short skybridge, each wallpapered with numerous large screens. Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scaffold 

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“Scaffold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaffold. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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