scaffold

  1. Noun.  A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
  2. Noun.  An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

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