scaffold
nounHow to pronounce scaffold:
Definition of scaffold:
- scaffold (noun):
- a raised wooden platform on which criminals are hanged
- a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded).
- a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground
Synonyms for scaffold:
balcony
block
dais
gallows
gibbet
instrument of execution
platform
podium
pulpit
riser
rostrum
stage
stand
tribune
Antonyms for scaffold:
abandoning
disregard
failure
forgetting
ignorance
leaving
neglect
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- duller
- locust
- pinnate
- paella
- worshipped
- bootless
- rescript
- Aarush
- wharry
- hefting
- fusspot
- spaders
- Esau
- felsite
- marish
- bedside
- squalling
- brownnose
- scoffer
- nocent
- guzzle
- devide
- salva
- marring
- appressed
- egest
- condemned
- elate
- must've
- handful
- haboob
- surprise
- boring
- attached
- massive
- relax
- insane
- mistake
- shower
- corner
- spirit
- sassy
- brothers
- gazelle
- very's
- haiku
- very
- dispose
- scurvy
- migrate
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