échafauder — meaning in English

English meaning

• knit verb To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn together, either by hand with needles or by machine.
• scaffold noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.

Senses

échafauder is used for these senses in English:

• knit (transitive) To combine from various elements.
• scaffold (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

knit — full definition

1. verb To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn together, either by hand with needles or by machine.
2. verb To join closely together, or (of a broken bone) to grow back together and heal.

scaffold — full definition

1. noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.
2. noun A raised wooden platform historically used for executions.
3. noun A structure or framework that provides support for something else, including figuratively.

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