ladder

Speech parts

1. ladder - Noun

2. ladder - Verb

Meaning

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.

That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

run stepladder ravel staircase stairway step ladder extension ladder steps portable ladder order series level range running gradation
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Antonyms

inlet approach gateway access opening entry
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Hypernyms

point support level structure separate stage

Hyponyms

stepladder monkey ladder rope ladder scaling ladder step ladder sea ladder

Phrases with the word

Swedish ladder on the ladder ladder climber portable ladder assault ladder loft ladder

Anagrams

larded raddle Aldred

Examples

She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. Mae West

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. Clare Boothe Luce

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. Augustine of Hippo

If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look. Armenian Proverb

Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky. American Proverb

Life is a ladder -- some will climb up it, others down. Bulgarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ladasha Ladbroke Grove Ladd ladder beam ladder climber ladder handle