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A rule of thumb for setting up a ladder safely by positioning the legs of the ladder one foot away from the base of the wall for every four feet of height.
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The property ladder, without the implication of necessarily owning the place where one lives.
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(countable) A usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
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A large tattoo on a person's back.
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(climbing) An off-balance pivot on two points of contact.
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(architecture) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
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A short ramp enabling chickens to reach the raised entrance of a coop.
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(idiomatic) The hierarchy or ranking system of employment positions within a business organization.
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(architecture) A stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building.
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(architecture) Having a crowstep.
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(gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
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(rock climbing) A ladder made from nylon tape, originally made by chaining together several loops of nylon tape.
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(in combination) Having a specified number or type of decks.
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(architecture) A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
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Alternative form of escalade [An act of scaling walls or fortifications.]
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(UK, obsolete, idiomatic, slang, historical) A prison treadmill.
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In a high building, a stairway protected by several inches of concrete and entered through a kind of "air lock" that prevents smoke from entering in the event of a fire.
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A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
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The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
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A broad step between flights of a staircase.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A ladder or run in a pair of tights.
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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 steps).
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Alternative form of ladderback [A chair whose back incorporates a series of horizontal bars.]
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A rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to be grasped with the hand while climbing.
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An informal method of decision-making in Asia, based on a series of interlinked descending lines that are followed from the top (where a choice is made) to the bottom (where an outcome is revealed).
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a type of wall obstacle in obstacle course racing composed of a vertical wall of cross-beams with space in between the beams, where competitors must climb up the wall, go over, and climb back down
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Alternative form of ladderback [A chair whose back incorporates a series of horizontal bars.]
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Alternative form of ladder beam [A scaffolding beam, resembling a ladder, composed of a pair of tubular members connected by struts]
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(physics) A form of klystron that uses ladders
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The shaft or passage enclosing a ladder.
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Resembling or characteristic of a ladder (frame with steps for climbing).
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A place such as a particular step on a staircase or a stool, where a child is sent to sit in silence as a punishment.
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That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.
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(carpentry) The board that receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
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A ladder connected to another ladder by a hinge.
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(chiefly Britain, rare or dated) A flight of stairs
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A ladder with only one standard, into which cross-pieces are inserted.
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An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.
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An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to be one.
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(architecture) The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.
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(obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
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A door that rotates around a central pivot.
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A step of a ladder; a rung.
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A flight of stairs that is constructed to deliberately disrupt the natural strides of people walking or running on them.
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The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
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A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top
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(dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
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The horizontal length of a set of stairs
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A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
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The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
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A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.
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The apparatus used for this exercise.
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(obsolete) Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
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(obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
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A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification.
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A staircase in the form of a helix.
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(archaic) The rung of a ladder.
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A series of steps; a staircase.
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alternative form of stairgate [A gate fitted across a domestic staircase to prevent young children from climbing the stairs, or falling down them.]
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The angled part of a staircase used for handholding. Usually on both sides of the staircase, sometimes it is put only on one side.
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Any of a number of metallic rods for holding a stair carpet in place.
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A thin stair rod; a wire used on stair carpet to keep it in place in the angle between two steps.
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To walk up a set of stairs as exercise.
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Alternative form of stair wire [A thin stair rod; a wire used on stair carpet to keep it in place in the angle between two steps.]
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The design and/or installation of a staircase.
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An exercise machine on which the user simulates the action of climbing a staircase
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The landing at the top of a staircase.
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Taking a shape or form similar to or suggestive of the steps in a staircase
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A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
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A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.
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The construction of flights of stairs.
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One of the rungs on a ladder.
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One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
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The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
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Obsolete form of stair. [A single step in a staircase.]
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(in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
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Alternative form of stepchair [A chair that has an inbuilt set of steps, allowing its use as a stepladder, or a child's highchair with the child climbing the steps.]
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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.
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A pyramid composed of several stacked platforms or mastabas so that each face has steps.
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Alternative form of step climb [(aviation) An instance of step climbing.]
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Alternative form 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.]
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Alternative spelling of step-through [An open space in an otherwise solid object through which a person can step or walk.]
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Alternative form 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.]
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Alternative form of step pyramid [A pyramid composed of several stacked platforms or mastabas so that each face has steps.]
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(UK, obsolete, slang, historical) A prison treadmill.
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(idiomatic) Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else.
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A stool with built-in steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects.
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A construction in the form of steps.
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Alternative form of stee [(obsolete, UK, dialect) A ladder.]
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A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
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(climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
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(chiefly Northeastern US, chiefly New York, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
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A rung or round of a ladder.
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The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
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Carrying or bearing (something) on the back.
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Abbreviation 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.]
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stairs leading to a trapdoor
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The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
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(architecture) A board to take a person's weight; a tread of a staircase.
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A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
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A type of wall obstacle in obstacle course racing with a curved bottom that is used as a ramp to run up, similar to a half-pipe, with a reverse side that is also similar to a half-pipe where you slide down, and ending in a pool to splash to a stop.
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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.
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(in combination) Having a certain number, or type, of tyre
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A door that is hinged so that, when it opens, the bottom part rises vertically and the top part is drawn back; often used in garages.
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something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces
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a type of wall obstacle in obstacle course racing with a curved bottom that is used as a ramp to run up, similar to a half-pipe or quarter-pipe, which then curves back over beyond vertical.
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A tyre/tire with white sidewalls.
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One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
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