scaffolding
noun
scaf·fold·ing
| \ ˈska-fəl-diŋ
, -ˌfōl-\
, -ˌfōl-\
Definition of scaffolding
: a system of scaffolds
also
: material for scaffolds
Examples of scaffolding in a Sentence
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Mostly, the story is just scant scaffolding on which to hang cheerfully crass jokes about Stranger Things, anal beads, and cocaine. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "From Midsommar's director's cut to Don't Let Go, 13 movies to see this Labor Day weekend," 30 Aug. 2019 And there was coverage of a 23-year-old worker killed when a crane bucket knocked him off scaffolding and into the water. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "50 years later, Coronado bridge’s iconic status masks its controversial origins," 4 Aug. 2019 The project involved five tractor-trailers worth of scaffolding and five hundred sheets of plywood, not including the handrails and scrims. — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, "With ‘Lawn,’ the National Building Museum brings summer indoors," 3 July 2019 Those images were projected on a set of metal scaffolding and catwalks. — Michael Cooper, New York Times, "The Met Opera Cuts Back on Screen Time for Berlioz Next Season," 7 June 2019 The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament is under repair, and Big Ben is swathed in scaffolding. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, "London, through the eyes of a San Franciscan," 27 July 2019 The front of the school was encased in scaffolding because of damage that began with a 1972 earthquake. — Steve Lopez, latimes.com, "This election was a bigger rout than the Measure EE failure; readers vote 9 to 1 against columnist," 12 June 2019 The incident comes on the heels of a March 21 incident in which two workers were injured after falling from a temporary stair scaffolding on the construction site of the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex in Allston. — BostonGlobe.com, "Wynn construction worker who died after getting injured on the job ID’d as Seekonk man," 4 Apr. 2018 The ringlike proteins, positioned at the base of each loop, create a central scaffolding from which the loops emanate, and the entire chromosome becomes shorter and stiffer. — Quanta Magazine, "How Cells Pack Tangled DNA Into Neat Chromosomes," 22 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scaffolding.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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scaffolding
noun
English Language Learners Definition of scaffolding
: the metal poles and wooden boards that are used to build or support a scaffold (sense 1)
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