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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-ladder.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|�læd� (US), IPAchar|�læd� (UK)
rhymes|æd�(r)

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|climbing tool:
Burushaski: �hiṣ
Czech: žeb�ík m
Dutch: ladder f
Finnish: tikapuut plural, tikkaat plural
French: échelle f
German: Leiter f
Hebrew: ס���|ס�ּ�ָ� (Sulam)
Hungarian: létra
trans-mid
Italian: scala f
Korean: ���리 (sadakdari)
Kurdish: KUchar|پ������
Polish: drabina f
Spanish: escalera f
Swedish: stege
Portuguese: escada f
trans-bottom

trans-top|something that resembles this tool
Finnish: tikapuut
Portuguese: escada f
trans-mid
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Derived terms
aerial ladder
companion ladder
corporate ladder
DNA ladder
laddered
laddering
scaling ladder
stepladder

Verb
en-verb

1. firefighting To ascend a building or wall using a ladder.

#*1998, John Norman, Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics ¹, ISBN 0912212721, page 164:
#:"A good working knowledge of the ladder parts, how they work, their capacities, and proper usage are a must before anyone is sent out to ladder a building."

Dutch

Noun
ladder n

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.

Related terms
touwladder

See also
sporten

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