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Etymology

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scaffold +‎ -like

Adjective

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scaffoldlike (comparative more scaffoldlike, superlative most scaffoldlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scaffold.
    • 1988 May 6, Albert Williams, “A Whistle in the Dark”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      The play's mysterious quality is superbly complemented by Jeff Bauer's set--a rundown kitchen surrounded by an abstract, scaffoldlike frame that evokes a prison or a cage--and Michael Rourke's eerie lighting.