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Definitions for Ladder

[1] a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
[2] something resembling this.
[3] a means of rising, as to eminence: the ladder of success.
[4] a graded series of stages or levels in status; a hierarchical order of position or rank: high on the political ladder.
[5] Nautical . companionway(def 1) .
[6] Chiefly British . a run in a stocking.
[7] to climb or mount by means of a ladder: to ladder a wall.
[8] to furnish with a ladder: to ladder a water tower.
[9] Chiefly British . to cause a run in (a stocking).
[10] Chiefly British . to get a run, as in a stocking.
[11] to gain in popularity or importance: He laddered to the top of his profession.
[12] a portable framework of wood, metal, rope, etc, in the form of two long parallel members connected by several parallel rungs or steps fixed to them at right angles, for climbing up or down
[13] any hierarchy conceived of as having a series of ascending stages, levels, etc the social ladder
[14] anything resembling a ladder (as modifier ) ladder stitch
[15] Also called: run mainly British a line of connected stitches that have come undone in knitted material, esp stockings
[16] See ladder tournament
[17] mainly British to cause a line of interconnected stitches in (stockings, etc) to undo, as by snagging, or (of a stocking) to come undone in this way

Words related to Ladder

ratio, proportion, rate, system, range, extent, scope, gamut, computation, progression, sequence, hierarchy, series, register, reach, spectrum, rule, spread, gradation, way

Words nearby Ladder

lad mag, lad's love, ladakh, ladanum, ladd-franklin, ladder, ladder back, ladder company, ladder polymer, ladder splint, ladder stitch

Origin of Ladder

before 1000; Middle English laddre, Old English hlǣder; cognate with German Leiter, Dutch leer (also ladder < Fris); akin to Gothic hleithra tent; orig., something that slopes. See lean1

Words that may be confused with Ladder

ladder, latter

Other words from Ladder

lad·der·less , adjective
lad·der·like , lad·der·y , adjective

Word origin for Ladder

Old English hlǣdder; related to Old High German leitara

Synonyms for Ladder

extent, proportion, range, rate, ratio, scope, system, calibration, computation, degrees, gamut, gradation, hierarchy, order, progression, ranking, reach, register, rule, sequence, series, spectrum, spread, steps, way, pecking order