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# scaffolding

noun (scaffolding — uncountable; a piece of scaffolding); verb form of «scaffold» (scaffold, scaffolds, scaffolded, scaffolding)

«scaffolding» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scaffolding is a frame of metal poles and wooden boards put up against a building so workers can stand on it while they build, paint or repair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#m1)
2. In school, scaffolding means the extra help a teacher gives you at the start of learning something, which is taken away step by step as you get better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#m2)
3. Scaffolding is any support that holds something up while it is being made. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you see scaffolding on houses and big buildings being built or mended; safety rules say children must never climb it. In teaching, «scaffolding» describes help such as sentence starters, word banks or worked examples. In stories, a building «covered in scaffolding» tells the reader it is being repaired or built.

### Examples

- The church tower is covered in scaffolding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x1)
- Builders put up scaffolding to paint the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x2)
- Never climb on scaffolding — it is not a playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x3)
- A pole fell off the scaffolding, so the street was closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x4)
- The teacher gave us scaffolding: the first line of each answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x5)
- Writing frames are a kind of scaffolding for your story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x6)
- They took the scaffolding down when the roof was finished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x7)
- Workers on the scaffolding wear hard hats and harnesses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/#x8)

### Note

Usually uncountable: «some scaffolding», «a lot of scaffolding», not «a scaffolding»; for one part say «a scaffolding pole». «A scaffold» can also mean an old platform for hanging criminals.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scaffolding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scaffolding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scaffolding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scaffolding.html) on Mova free.