ladder

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) a ladder
  2. (feminine) a ladder, a run (length of unravelled fabric)

Concepts

ladder

leader

scale

run

balustrade

soffit

stairs

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
lad‧der
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɑ.dər/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch ladere, from Old Frisian hladder, hledder, hleder, hlērde, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō.

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