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Word: ladder
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Meaning:
Noun:
- 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.
- British length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings
- That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence, e.g. the corporate ladder.
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Verb:
- of a knitted garment To develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread
- firefighting To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.
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