Phrase Hound found 36 phrases and 2 compound words that contain ladders. The most common are listed below. Open ladders in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 36
- snakes and laddersA children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.
- attic laddersplural of attic ladder: A usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
- fish laddersplural of fish ladder: A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
- turntable laddersplural of turntable ladder: A large telescopic ladder mounted on a turntable on the back of a truck chassis, allowing it to pivot around a stable base; used in fire engines etc.
- chutes and laddersSynonym of snakes and ladders: A children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.
- crossed ladders problemA geometric puzzle involving calculating the width of an alley based on the height at which two ladders cross when propped diagonally across it.
- accommodation laddersplural of accommodation ladder: a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship for access to and from a small boat.
- aerial laddersplural of aerial ladder: A mechanically-extendable ladder mounted to a fire engine.
- chicken laddersplural of chicken ladder: A short ramp enabling chickens to reach the raised entrance of a coop.
- coin laddersplural of coin ladder: A device used in a magic trick, producing a shower of coins which the magician has apparently plucked out of the air.
- companion laddersplural of companion ladder: Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck.
- corporate laddersplural of corporate ladder: The hierarchy or ranking system of employment positions within a business organization; especially, such a hierarchy viewed as a ladder to be climbed (to successive higher-ranking positions) while one is …
- DNA laddersplural of DNA ladder: A reagent consisting of a solution of DNA of specified length; used in gel electrophoresis as a standard.
- hook laddersplural of hook ladder: A ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
- loft laddersplural of loft ladder: A usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
- monkey laddersplural of monkey ladder: The flowering liana Entada gigas.
- peg laddersplural of peg ladder: A ladder with only one standard, into which cross-pieces are inserted.
- pencil laddersplural of pencil ladder: A kind of narrow collapsible ladder used by firefighters.
- property laddersplural of property ladder: The hierarchy of owned housing.
- rope laddersplural of rope ladder: A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top.
- salmon laddersplural of salmon ladder: A fish ladder built for salmon.
- scaling laddersplural of scaling ladder: A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification.
- social laddersplural of social ladder: The hierarchy of a society.
- step laddersplural of step ladder: A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with stays to keep the two halves at a fixed angle.
- Swedish laddersplural of Swedish ladder: A set of wall bars.
Compound words 2
- stepladdersplural of stepladder: A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with stays to keep the two halves at a fixed angle.
- ropeladdersplural of ropeladder: A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top.