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Synonyms for scaffold

Most common

gallows

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

Related words

Word family
scaffolding
Phrases
scaffold hopping

Forms

Plural
scaffolds → gallowses, stages, stagings…

Example sentences

  • gallows The gallows were already standing on the square.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
scaffoldrising
gallowsrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
stage1
7 letters
staging2, gallows2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (staging2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
échafaud
Español
cadalso
Deutsch
Schafott