ladder : Idioms & Phrases

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Accommodation ladder

  • noun (nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside
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  • (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.
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aerial ladder

  • noun mechanically extendible ladder; used on a fire truck
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aerial ladder truck

  • noun a fire engine carrying ladders
    aerial ladder truck.
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articulated ladder

  • noun a ladder consisting of segments (usually four) that are held together by joints that can lock in place
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Companion ladder

  • (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. Totten.
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extension ladder

  • noun a ladder whose length can be extended
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Fish ladder

  • noun a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam
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  • a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
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Gangway ladder

  • a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway.
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Hook ladder

  • a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
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jack ladder

  • noun (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
    Jacob's ladder; jack ladder.
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Jacob's ladder

  • noun pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
    Polemonium caeruleum; Greek valerian; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae; Polemonium van-bruntiae; charity.
  • noun (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
    Jacob's ladder; jack ladder.
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  • . (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium (P. coeruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft . R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar.
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Ladder beetle

  • (Zoöl.), 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.
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Ladder handle

  • an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.
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Ladder shell

  • (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.
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ladder truck

  • noun a fire engine carrying ladders
    aerial ladder truck.
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ladder-back

  • noun a chair with a ladder-back
    ladder-back.
  • noun the backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats
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ladder-back chair

  • noun a chair with a ladder-back
    ladder-back.
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ladder-proof

  • adjective satellite (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders
    runproof; run-resistant.
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monkey ladder

  • noun a light ladder to the monkey bridge on a ship
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northern jacob's ladder

  • noun perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal
    Polemonium boreale.
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Peg ladder

  • a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted.
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pilot ladder

  • noun (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
    Jacob's ladder; jack ladder.
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Rope ladder

  • noun a ladder with side pieces of rope
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  • a ladder made of ropes.
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Salmon ladder, salmon stair

  • . See Fish ladder, under Fish.
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scaling ladder

  • noun a ladder used to scale walls (as in an attack)
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sea ladder

  • noun (nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard
    sea steps.
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snakes and ladders

  • noun a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
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step ladder

  • noun a folding portable ladder hinged at the top
    stepladder.
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