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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

• Scaffold (execution site), a raised, stage-like site for public executions
• Scaffold (barn), a raised structure on which crops are stored

Science and technology

• 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

• The Scaffold, an English music and comedy group
• "The Scaffold", song by Elton John from Empty Sky
• Scaffolding (film), a 2017 film

Other uses

• Instructional scaffolding, an education concept and practice

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