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scaffoldish

scaffoldish adjective: that resembles a scaffold.

Adjective

scaffoldish (comparative more scaffoldish, superlative most scaffoldish)

  1. that resembles a scaffold
    • "Young Neil fades back to his walk-up Brooklyn flat-solid brownstones; 4” x 4”'s hold up five-story scaffoldish porches full of tricycles, billowing clothesline shirts, and old lost aromas of gefilte fish, sauerkraut, and peach pie."2003, Maury Dean, Rock and Roll - Page 202

Forms of scaffoldish

comparativemore scaffoldish
superlativemost scaffoldish

Origin of scaffoldish

From scaffold + -ish.

Questions about scaffoldish

What does scaffoldish mean?
Scaffoldish means that resembles a scaffold.
What part of speech is scaffoldish?
Scaffoldish is an adjective.

Words near scaffoldish in the dictionary

  1. scaffolding
  2. scaffolding tower
  3. scaffolding towers
  4. scaffoldings
  5. scaffoldins
  6. scaffoldish
  7. scaffoldless
  8. scaffoldlike
  9. scaffolds
  10. scaffoldwide
  11. scaffoldy

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