See Also: ladder 1, noun(dictionary)
ladder(2)(dictionary)
ladder(medicine)
ladder(1)(dictionary)
Ladder strategy(finance)
rope ladder(dictionary)
ladder 2, verb(dictionary)
Jacob's ladder(dictionary)
fish ladder(medicine)
ladder splint(medicine)

ladder 1, noun (oh)




[Language: Old English; Origin: hlAder]
a piece of equipment used for climbing up to or down from high places. A ladder has two bars that are connected by rungs (=short bars that you use as steps)
::She climbed up the ladder .
::He hurt himself falling off a ladder .
-see also rope ladder , stepladder
a series of levels which someone moves up and down within an organization, profession, or society
career/corporate ladder
::Stevens slowly worked his way up the corporate ladder.
::Becoming a doctor would be a step up the social ladder .
::the first step on the ladder of success
BrE a long thin hole in stockings or tights where some stitches have broken
American Equivalent: run
::Yes, I know I've got a ladder in my tights.
-see also snakes and ladders