What part of speech is scaffolding?

Scaffolding can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. scaffolding is a verb, gerund of scaffold (infinitive).
  • 2. scaffolding is a noun, singular of scaffoldings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does scaffolding mean?

Definitions

Verb

scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

Noun

scaffolding - a system of scaffolds

Examples of scaffolding

#   Sentence  
1. noun I saw Tom climbing up the scaffolding.
2. noun The honeycomb structure gives the scaffolding its sturdiness.
3. noun Our house has scaffolding around it this week, due to renovations.
4. noun They had to build a forest of scaffolding.
5. noun We have to take down the scaffolding.
6. noun This is the tallest scaffolding I've ever seen in my life.
7. noun We have to build scaffolding strong enough to support the weight of dozens of workers and tons of equipment.
8. noun Tom fell off the scaffolding while he was painting the house.
9. noun This is scaffolding.
10. noun The scaffolding that Tom had built collapsed.
11. noun The scaffolding that Tom built collapsed.
12. noun The scaffolding Tom built collapsed.
13. noun Outside the town a great scaffold had been erected, and all round were standing the soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of people. The King and Queen were sitting on a magnificent throne opposite the judges and the whole council.
14. noun Tom got down from the scaffold.
15. verb Scaffold the building before painting it.
Sentence  
noun
I saw Tom climbing up the scaffolding.
The honeycomb structure gives the scaffolding its sturdiness.
Our house has scaffolding around it this week, due to renovations.
They had to build a forest of scaffolding.
We have to take down the scaffolding.
This is the tallest scaffolding I've ever seen in my life.
We have to build scaffolding strong enough to support the weight of dozens of workers and tons of equipment.
Tom fell off the scaffolding while he was painting the house.
This is scaffolding.
The scaffolding that Tom had built collapsed.
The scaffolding that Tom built collapsed.
The scaffolding Tom built collapsed.
Outside the town a great scaffold had been erected, and all round were standing the soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of people. The King and Queen were sitting on a magnificent throne opposite the judges and the whole council.
Tom got down from the scaffold.
verb
Scaffold the building before painting it.

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