Scaffoldlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a scaffold.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From scaffold + -like.

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