ladder

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Synonyms for ladder

noun graduated system

Antonyms for ladder

Word Origin & History

Old English hlæder "ladder, steps," from Proto-Germanic *khlaidri (cf. Old Frisian hledere, Middle Dutch ledere, Old High German leitara, German Leiter), from PIE root *klei- "to lean" (cf. Greek klimax "ladder;" see lean (v.)). In late Old English, rungs were læddrestæfæ and the side pieces were ledder steles. The belief that walking under one brings bad luck is attested from 1787, but its origin likely is more pragmatic than symbolic. Ladder-back (adj.) as a type of chair is from 1898.

Example Sentences for ladder

Only—you know the rungs of that ladder ain't fit to be walked on, grandad!

Then he shrugged his shoulders and went slowly up the ladder.

I can drop down, as you said, and get the ladder over to you.'

I could easily get over it myself, but for Kitty we ought to have a ladder.

We never stopped for clothes, but waltzed up the ladder just so.

Then he too went up the ladder, and found himself with the others in an attic.

And as he spoke they heard the sound of men scrambling up the ladder.

By degrees they let the boat drop back till her bow was abreast of the ladder.

She thought of the ladder in the barn, of the small cellar-window; vain hopes, both of them!

Then he saw near him a little old man, standing on a ladder.

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