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Synonyms for scaffolding


Grammar : Noun
Spell : skaf-uh l-ding, -ohl-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæf əl dɪŋ, -oʊl-



Définition of scaffolding

Origin :
  • "temporary support," mid-14c.; see scaffold.
  • noun stage
Example sentences :
  • But it is only being built, and there is nothing but scaffolding there yet.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The intellect itself is but the scaffolding for the uprearing of the spiritual nature.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • High on his scaffolding raised, Pordenone wrought at his frescos.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • He had a scaffolding erected for this purpose in the cathedral.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • I am told that the scaffolding is already up in St. James' Square.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • I went up at once to the scaffolding, and have been there ever since.
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner
  • We may say that imagery is to thinking what scaffolding is to architecture.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • All this scaffolding rested on three great boughs which sprang from the trunk.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • The Indians would build a scaffolding of poles, a mere grate-work, which would give free passage to smoke.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The cost of moving and re-erecting the scaffolding was $2.94 per each move.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

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