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Tuyere vs Scaffold - What's the difference?

tuyere | scaffold |

As nouns the difference between tuyere and scaffold

is that tuyere is a nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge while scaffold is a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.

As a verb scaffold is

to set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

tuyere

English

(wikipedia tuyere)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
  • * 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , page 21:
  • Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.

    Synonyms

    * tue-iron * twyer * twire-pipe

    scaffold

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
  • An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
  • (metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
  • Derived terms

    * go to the scaffold * send to the scaffold * superscaffold, superscaffolding

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
  • Derived terms

    * scaffoldage * scaffolder * scaffolding