<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A system of temporary structures having platforms to support workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building.</li><li>Materials for building such structures.</li><li>The act or process of building such structures.</li><li>A method of instruction in which the learner is provided with gradually reduced support in the application of a new skill until they can demonstrate it independently.</li><li>Anything that forms a support or basis for something else.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Relating to or involving raised platforms or their construction.</li><li>Relating to, involving, or intended for a method of teaching skills by giving the learner gradually reduced support in applying a new skill until they can demonstrate it independently.</li></ul>