stepladder
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈstɛpˌlædər/
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escalera de mano
- To reach the top shelf, she brought a stepladder from the garage.
Examples
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When I dream of a new office, I dream of Stewart's, with its floor-to-ceiling bookcase and rolling stepladder.
Academic text (2016) -
Robert nearly broke a hip trying to fix it himself, standing on a stepladder.
Fiction book (1993) -
Would you hand me that stepladder over there, please?
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- Bring me a stepladder about this high.
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-All l need is a stepladder.
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The girl has moved a stepladder underneath the opening.
Fiction book (2000) -
Woman #3: He gets up and walks over to a stepladder that goes up to a loft space and says, "Do you like this?"
Fiction book (1997) -
Couldn't we start with a stepladder?
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Provost Jones and his good lady decided one day to buy a stepladder...
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My father climbed up on the tall ladder, while Alex stood on the kitchen stepladder to do the lower windows.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A frame with steps used to climb up or down
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3.0
A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape
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Morphology
Etymology
Stepladder comes from two common words: step ('a flat part you put your foot on') and ladder ('something you climb'). That's why a stepladder is a small, usually folding ladder with steps you can stand on by yourself.