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A scaffold, or scaffolding, in construction, is a temporary structure that supports workers and equipment above the ground or floor.
Scaffold and scaffolding may also refer to:
Structures
edit- Scaffold (execution site), a raised, stage-like site for public executions
- Scaffold (barn), a raised structure on which crops are stored
Science and technology
edit- Scaffold (chemistry), the core structure of a compound or a class of compounds
- Scaffold protein, a regulator of cell signalling pathways
- Scaffold, a protein that is used as a starting point for the design of antibody mimetics
- Tissue scaffold, in tissue engineering, an artificial structure capable of supporting three-dimensional tissue formation
- Nano-scaffold, a medical process
- Scaffolding (bioinformatics), a technique in bioinformatics
- Scaffold (programming), two techniques in software architecture
Arts and entertainment
edit- The Scaffold, an English music and comedy group
- "The Scaffold", song by Elton John from Empty Sky
- Scaffolding (film), a 2017 film
Other uses
edit- Instructional scaffolding, an education concept and practice