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Words with a similar base: scaffold

'scaffold'

[scaffold.n.01] as in: a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)

'scaffold'

[scaffold.n.02] as in: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

'scaffold'

[scaffold.v.01] as in: provide with a scaffold for support

Examples:
scaffold the building before painting it

Origins

					scaffold (English)
└── scaffold (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── scaffaldus (Latin)
        └── eschaffaut (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── scadafaltum (Latin)