scaffold
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
Types & categories
- platform hypernym
Parts & wholes
- instrument of execution part holonym
Sense 2 verb
provide with a scaffold for support
scaffold the building before painting it
Types & categories
- hold up hypernym
Related & opposite
- scaffolding derivation
Sense 3 noun
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
Types & categories
- arrangement hypernym
Parts & wholes
- scaffolding part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | instrument of execution |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | platform |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scaffolding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold up |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | scaffolding |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrangement |