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scaffold
English
Etymology
From Middle English scaffold, scaffalde, from Anglo-Norman schaffaut, eschaffaut, eschafal, eschaiphal, escadafaut (“platform to see a tournament”) (Modern French échafaud), from Old French es- (“indicating movement away or separation”) (from Latin ex- (“out, away”)) + chafaud, chafaut, chafault, caafau, caafaus, cadefaut (“scaffold for executing a criminal”), from Vulgar Latin *catafalcum (“viewing stage”), possibly from Ancient Greek ????- (kata-, “back; against”) + Latin -falicum (from fala, phala (“wooden gallery or tower; siege tower”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skæf?ld/, /?skæf??ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?skæf?ld/, /?skæfld/
- Hyphenation: scaf?fold
- Rhymes: -æf?ld
Noun
scaffold (plural scaffolds)
- A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
- An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
- (metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
- (sciences) A structure that provides support for some other material.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)
- (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
- (transitive) To sustain; to provide support for.
- (transitive) To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
Translations
Further reading
- scaffold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- scaffold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- scaffold at OneLook Dictionary Search
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catalyze
English
Alternative forms
- catalyse (mainly UK)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæt??la?z/
Verb
catalyze (third-person singular simple present catalyzes, present participle catalyzing, simple past and past participle catalyzed)
- (transitive) To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.
- (transitive) To accelerate a process.
- (transitive) To inspire significantly by catalysis.
Related terms
- catalysis
- catalyst
- catalytic
- catalyzer
Translations
Further reading
- catalyze at OneLook Dictionary Search
catalyze From the web:
- what catalyzes dna synthesis
- what catalyzes the formation of phosphodiester bonds
- what catalyzes chemical reactions
- what catalyzes peptide bond formation
- what catalyzes the process of translation
- what catalyzes translation
- what catalyzes transcription
- what catalyzes the process of transcription
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