Antonyms for ladder

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lad-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæd ər

Definition of ladder

Origin : 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.

As in scale : noun graduated system

Example sentences :

Only—you know the rungs of that ladder ain't fit to be walked on, grandad!
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Then he shrugged his shoulders and went slowly up the ladder.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I could easily get over it myself, but for Kitty we ought to have a ladder.
Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase

I can drop down, as you said, and get the ladder over to you.'
Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase

We never stopped for clothes, but waltzed up the ladder just so.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Then he too went up the ladder, and found himself with the others in an attic.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

And as he spoke they heard the sound of men scrambling up the ladder.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

By degrees they let the boat drop back till her bow was abreast of the ladder.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

She thought of the ladder in the barn, of the small cellar-window; vain hopes, both of them!
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Then he saw near him a little old man, standing on a ladder.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Synonyms for ladder

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