Scaffold (Scaffolding) : (건축 공사장의) 비계, 교수대, 처형대, (건축 공사현장에) 비계를 설치하다, (계획/시스템/사회/판단 등을 위한) 뼈대, 틀, 체제, 체계, 지지물
1)
a scaffold is this framework that they put around a building while they are repairing it or building it
this thing with these metallic tubes or metallic sturucture that goes outside a building and that builders can climb on
you'see the whole of the front of a building covered in scaffoldings
a supporting structure
scaffold boards
scaffolding poles
2)
to scaffold as a verb, to attach the these metallic tubes to a building
they put scaffolding a round the building to build a new roof
3)
in the past, the scaffold was the platform for execution
when you see executions in these films, there is always a raised platform where the person is going to be hung or where they are going to be beheaded or where they are going to be executed
this is the scaffold. that is I think where it came from
4)
now I've heard this word used quite a lot recently, used to talk about a framework to build something on
you can use it almost with anything but it needs to be with some sort of plan, idea, system, society etc
you can use this word scaffold or scaffolding, to talk about the framework, the support structure for something
the grammar is the scaffolding of the English language and probably the scaffold of any languages
internet is going to be the scaffold for your business, the framework that supports it
to help you build something up
financial and legal systems are the scaffold of our society or the scaffolding
talking about the framework in general
in this metaphorical meaning you could certainly use it like that
a supporting framework
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