Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
ladder
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 a piece of equipment for climbing up and down a wall, the side of a building, etc., consisting of two lengths of wood or metal that are joined together by steps or RUNGS:
to climb up / fall off a ladder
seealsoSTEPLADDER
2 [usuallysing.] a series of stages by which you can make progress in a career or an organization:
to move up or down the social ladder * the career ladder
3 (BrE) (AmE run) a long thin hole in TIGHTS or STOCKINGS where some threads have broken
verb [V, VN] (BrE) if TIGHTS or STOCKINGS ladder or you ladder them, a long thin hole appears in them
