Words Like SCAFFOLDING

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SCAFFOLDING.

3 Alternative Words Similar to scaffolding

1 Staging Noun      Synonym Words Like Staging
2 System Noun      Synonym Words Like System
3 Scaffold Noun      Synonym Words Like Scaffold

1 examples of scaffolding

1 the scaffolding of the body

10 definitions of scaffolding

1 A scaffold; a supporting framework.
2 Materials for building scaffolds.
3 a system of scaffolds
4 A scaffold or system of scaffolds.
5 Materials used for constructing scaffolds.
6 A frame or structure for temporary support in an elevated place; in building, a temporary combination of timberwork consisting of upright poles and horizontal pieces, on which are laid boards for supporting the builders when carrying up the different stages or floors of a building, or plasterers when executing their work in the interior of houses. The scaffolding is struck or removed as soon as it has answered its purpose. See cut under putlog.
7 Materials for scaffolds.
8 Figuratively, any sustaining part; a frame or framework, as the skeleton; especially, in embryology, a temporary formation of hard parts to be replaced by or modified into a permanent structure: as, the scaffolding of an embryonic skull.
9 In metallurgy, the formation of a scaffold; an engorgement. See scaffold, 7.
10 In tobacco-growing, the hanging of the freshly cut plant upon a structure of poles or rails variously supported to wilt before housing: much practised in the heavy export and white Burley districts.
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