ladders

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of ladder. Use this form when you mean more than one ladder.

   The workers carried three ladders into the warehouse.

   Tall ladders let the painters reach the high ceiling.

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2. 2
   verb

   The form of ladder used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   She ladders her CDs so one comes due every year.

   He ladders his bonds so they do not all end at the same time.

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3. 3
   nounplural

   A single climbing frame of rungs set between two rails, spoken of as a plural pair.

   Like saying "a pair of scissors" for one tool with two blades.

   Dad leaned the ladders against the wall to clean the gutters.

   He went up the ladders to fix the broken light.

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