ladder

ladder is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
2. intransitive verb. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
3. noun. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
4. noun. a row of unravelled stitches

   "she got a run in her stocking"

   Synonyms: ravel, run

5. noun. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress

   "he climbed the career ladder"

6. verb. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

   "Her nylons were running"

   Synonyms: run

Synonyms

ravel, run

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ladder:

larded, raddle

Common word forms

ladders, laddered, laddering, ladderless

Words from these letters

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