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Definition of scaffold noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    scaffold

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈskæfəld//
     
    , NAmE//ˈskæfoʊld//
     
     
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  1. 1a platform used when executing criminals by cutting off their heads or hanging them from a rope to die on the scaffold to be sent to the scaffold
  2. 2a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on when they are working on a building
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