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scaffolded

scaffolded is the simple past and past participle of scaffold.

Meaning of scaffold

Verb

scaffold (third-person singular simple present scaffolds, present participle scaffolding, simple past and past participle scaffolded)

  1. (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
  2. (transitive) To sustain; to provide support for.
  3. (transitive) To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
  4. (transitive) To provide a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support.

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Adjective

scaffolded (comparative more scaffolded, superlative most scaffolded)

  1. supplied with erected scaffolding

Forms of scaffolded

comparativemore scaffolded
superlativemost scaffolded

Words formed from scaffolded

Questions about scaffolded

What does scaffolded mean?
Scaffolded means supplied with erected scaffolding.
What is scaffolded the simple past and past participle of?
Scaffolded is the simple past and past participle of scaffold.
What part of speech is scaffolded?
Scaffolded is an adjective.

Words near scaffolded in the dictionary

  1. scaffold
  2. scaffold hopping
  3. scaffold protein
  4. scaffold proteins
  5. scaffoldage
  6. scaffolded
  7. scaffolder
  8. scaffolders
  9. scaffoldin
  10. scaffolding
  11. scaffolding tower

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scaffolded (page history and authors); scaffold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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