poles and boards that are joined together to make a structure for workers to stand on when they are working high up on the outside wall of a buildingThe statue is currently surrounded by scaffolding.scaffolding polesWordfinderconstructioncement,construction,foundation,girder,joist,masonry,plaster,rubble,scaffolding,siteOxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + scaffoldingerect,put up,remove,…scaffolding + nounpoleprepositionon the scaffoldingSeefull entrySee related entries:Construction,Structures
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