verb🔗ShareTo set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding."The construction crew is scaffolding the new school building for the upcoming renovation. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo sustain; to provide support for."The teacher is scaffolding the students' learning by providing extra help and practice. "aidbuildingeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes."The ancient ceremony involved scaffolding the deceased on a high wooden platform. "ritualculturereligionbodyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA temporary modular system of tubes (or formerly wood) forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures."The construction workers used scaffolding to reach the high windows of the new school building. "architecturebuildingmaterialstructuretechnicalworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSource code etc. that is incomplete and serves as a basis for further development."The programmer created some basic scaffolding for the new website, including the header and footer, before starting on the more complex page content. "computingtechnologystructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny framework or support."The construction workers used scaffolding to reach the high windows of the new building. "architecturebuildingmaterialstructuretechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
