A portable or fixed (permanently attached) structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs and used to climb up and down.

Old English hlæder "ladder, steps," from Proto-Germanic *khlaidri (source also of Old Frisian hledere, Middle Dutch ledere, Old High German leitara, German Leiter), from PIE root *klei- &quo [..]

/ˈlædɚ/ noun plural ladders ladder /ˈlædɚ/ noun plural ladders Learner's definition of LADDER [count] 1  : a device used for climbing that has two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope with a s [..]

Ladder [N]occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision ( Genesis 28:12 ).

A portable structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs, used to climb up and down.

Device for representing a set of overlapping activities in a network diagram. Note: The start and finish of each succeeding activity are linked only to the start and finish of the preceding activity b [..]

(in women's stockings" = a runner, a run

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 [..]

a set of wooden or metal rungs between two long pieces of wood or metal, used for climbing up or down

occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12).

To dream of a ladder being raised for you to ascend to some height, your energetic and nervy qualifications will raise you into prominence in business affairs. To ascend a ladder, means prosperity and unstinted happiness. To fall from one, denotes despondency and unsuccessful transactions to the tradesman, and blasted crops to the farmer. To see a [..]

A ladder which is permanently attached to a building.

A series of known-size fragments run in a gel to allow sizing of fragments of target DNA run in other lanes. One commonly used ladder is

In the Iron Age and Roman periods a number of rectangular ditched enclosures placed in line to form a pattern like a ladder.    (Beresford, Maurice and Hurst, John. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieva [..]

Stairway of inclined or vertical steps on board ship.

A metal, wooden or rope stairway.

A portfolio strategy where an investor creates a portfolio consisting of various fixed-income securities that are approximately the same value, but each with different lengths until maturity. This helps reduce interest rate risk.

The main track of a yard from which individual tracks lead off.  This track is also called a lead track.

A metal, wooden or rope stairway.

Stairs.

On board a warship, most "stairs" being narrow and nearly vertical, are called ladders.

Any stairway in which the slope exceeds acceptable rise and run requirements.

A metal, wooden or rope stairway.

A shipboard flight of steps. Never called stairs.

On board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name.

    A shipboard flight of steps. In a ship, corresponds to stairs in a building.    

Stairway of inclined or vertical steps on board ship.

On board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, henc [..]

in a ship, corresponds to stairs in a building.

On board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. Believed to be from the Anglo-Saxon word hiaeder, meaning ladder.

Stairs aboard ship. Found in a 'ladderwell' (stairwell).

On board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name

Stairway of inclined or vertical steps on board ship.

Three or more groups/contacts/formations in trail.

Onboard ship, what you would elsewhere call stairs is a ladder. A Navy man calls stairs a "ladder" even in his house.

A technique for capturing stones where at each step, the attacker reduces the defender's liberties from two to one: especially an attack of this type that proceeds diagonally across the board.

A circuit structure using components connected in a chain. A filter. There are two common resistor ladder networks employed in circuit designs, an R2R Ladder and a binary weighted ladder.

A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as |year=2004|page=106|isbn= [..]