cadafalso — meaning in English
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English meaning
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gallows
noun A wooden frame used for hanging condemned prisoners.
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hoarding
noun A large outdoor advertising board; a billboard.
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scaffold
noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.
Senses
cadafalso is used for these senses in English:
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gallows
A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]
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hoarding
(architecture, historical) A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
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scaffold
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
hoarding — full definition
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noun A large outdoor advertising board; a billboard.
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noun A temporary fence or barrier put up around a construction site.
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noun A psychological disorder marked by an ongoing need to collect items and severe difficulty discarding them.
