scaffold Definition
scaf·fold (skaf′əld, -ōld′)
noun
- a temporary wooden or metal framework for supporting workmen and materials during the erecting, repairing, or painting of a building, etc.
- a raised platform on which criminals are executed, as by hanging
- a temporary wooden stage or platform, as that on which medieval plays were presented
- any raised framework
Etymology: ME scafald < OFr escafalt < es- (L ex-, out) + VL *catafalicum: see catafalque
transitive verb
to furnish or support with, or put on, a scaffold
scaffold Synonyms
scaffold Usage Examples
Object
- pole: Several deep pots in the streamway are crossed by scaffolding poles which were well under water.
- tower: We also had a securely tied down hide on the top of a scaffolding tower at Bentley Station for filming the rooks.
Converse of object
- endow: This study demonstrates that endowing scaffolds with a sensing element could provide an on-line and non-destructive monitoring method for tissue engineering.
- ascend: Wearing the same dress that she had worn at her trial and carrying her prayer book Lady Jane ascended the scaffold.
- erect: She was led to the scaffold erected on Tower Green in front of the White Tower.
- mount: Digby was the first to mount the scaffold, which he did unrepentant.
Adjective modifier
- polymeric: Back cover Go to article Tissue engineering involves culturing, growing and assembling cells and newly generated matrix in polymeric scaffolds.
- porous: A common approach is to place a porous biomaterial scaffold, seeded with cells, in a flow perfusion bioreactor.
- dimensional: The fluorescent probe was incorporated into thin films and three dimensional porous scaffolds demonstrating the capabilities of monitoring on-line.
- solid: On contact with the tissue, the solution was transformed into a solid scaffold.
Modifies a noun
- degradation: This study presents a proof of concept for monitoring scaffold degradation on-line within a culture environment.
- pole: These looked like a load of scaffold poles standing in line on the upper deck.
- plank: We have carried a lot of scaffold planks up the hill.
- tripod: The weight caused the scaffold tripod to slip - heavy bits of metal narrowly missing the unloading team.
- tower: Access is only from below by ladder or scaffold tower.
- platform: A scaffold platform has been built over the shop side of the concourse to allow glazing of the first section of the canopy.
Noun used with modifier
- tower: You could use a podium or tower scaffold for these jobs.
- tissue: Novel methods for in vitro testing of degradation behavior of tissue scaffolds.
- metal: A metal scaffold called a ' stent ' is then inserted to hold the artery open.
Preposition: for
engineering: Development of a mechano responsive scaffold for tissue engineering.
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