'Ladder' definitions:
Definition of 'ladder'
From: WordNet
noun
Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
noun
Ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder"
noun
verb
Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" [syn: ladder, run]
Definition of 'Ladder'
From: GCIDE
- Ladder \Lad"der\ (l[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. laddre, AS. hl[=ae]der, hl[=ae]dder; akin to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v. [root]40. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Climax.]
- 1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps. [1913 Webster]
- Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence; as, to climb the corporate ladder. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Fish ladder. See under Fish.
- Ladder beetle (Zool.), an American leaf beetle ({Chrysomela scalaris}). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.
- Ladder handle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.
- Ladder shell (Zool.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ladder'
From: Easton
- Ladder occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12).
Words containing 'Ladder'
- Companion ladder,
- Fish ladder,
- Gangway ladder,
- Hook ladder,
- Jacob's ladder,
- Ladder beetle,
- Ladder handle,
- Ladder shell,
- Peg ladder,
- Rope ladder,
- Salmon ladder,
- accommodation ladder,
- aerial ladder,
- articulated ladder,
- extension ladder,
- hook and ladder,
- jack ladder,
- ladder company,
- ladder truck,
- monkey ladder,
- pilot ladder,
- scaling ladder,
- sea ladder,
- snakes and ladders,
- step ladder,
- aerial ladder truck,
- hook and ladder truck,
- hook-and-ladder,
- ladder-back,
- ladder-backed,
- ladder-proof,
- northern jacob's ladder,
- hook-and-ladder company,
- hook-and-ladder truck,
- ladder-back chair