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How to pronounce ladder in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ravel, run
Type of harm, impairment, damage
Type Words
Synonyms run
Type of separate, break, come apart, fall apart, split up
Verb group run, unravel
Type Words
Type of level, stage, point, degree


he climbed the career ladder.
Type Words
Type of stairs, steps
Has types scaling ladder, extension ladder, jack ladder, jacob's ladder, monkey ladder, pilot ladder, rope ladder, articulated ladder, sea ladder, sea steps, step ladder, stepladder

Examples of ladder

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Replacement channels are installed from inside, so no ladder climbing is needed.
From the thenewstribune.com
He and I gripped the sides of the ladder and hooked it on to the window opening.
From the forbes.com
At the top of the ladder were the Redskins, White Knights and Sherbet Fountains.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Most falls occurred as the hunter transitioned between the ladder and the stand.
From the freep.com
A retractable ladder provides access, and there is room up there for two people.
From the ocregister.com
The housing bust has hit cities like a hod full of bricks falling from a ladder.
From the economist.com
Do you feel sorry for young people not being able to get on the property ladder?
From the guardian.co.uk
Any decrease in price is welcome for those trying to get on the property ladder.
From the independent.co.uk
Open the ladder fully, lock it, and angle it to your target at about 75 degrees.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"
  • Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
  • Ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder"
  • Run: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
  • A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps. There are two types: rigid ladders that can be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rope ladders that are hung from the top. The vertical members of a rigid ladder are called stringers (US) or stiles (UK). ...
  • Ladder is a clone of Donkey Kong, written for the CP/M operating system. Since the screens on these computers only accept text characters and not rendered graphics, the game uses letters, numbers, and symbols lined up to create walls and platforms, pits/traps, characters, trampolines and goals.
  • In the game of Go, a is a basic sequence of moves in which an attacker pursues a group in atari in a zig-zag pattern across the board. If there are no intervening stones, the group will hit the edge of the board and be captured.
  • The Ladder is the sixteenth album by progressive rock band Yes and was released in 1999. The follow-up to 1997's tepidly-received Open Your Eyes, The Ladder was seen as a conscious return to the classic Yes sound, while maintaining a contemporary edge. ...
  • The Ladder are a British hard rock group. The band is composed of three past members of the group FM, Steve Overland, Pete Jupp and Bob Skeat along with former Dare/Ten guitarist Vinny Burns. The band has released two studio albums, Future Miracles in 2004 and Sacred in 2007. ...