ladder

Tırmanmak için basamaklı merdiven

A piece of equipment with horizontal steps (rungs) between two vertical sides, used for climbing up or down.

• She climbed the ladder to paint the ceiling.
• He leaned the ladder against the wall.
• Always check that the ladder is secure before climbing.
• Sociologists describe educational attainment as a critical ladder for socioeconomic mobility in contemporary stratified societies.
• Construction safety regulations mandate that workers use properly secured ladders when accessing elevated work areas on building sites.
• Evolutionary biologists debate whether hierarchical social structures represent an inevitable ladder of dominance or culturally contingent organizational patterns.

Eş anlamlılar: stepladder, climbing frame

Kariyer veya sosyal hiyerarşide basamaklar

A series of ascending stages or levels, especially in a career or social hierarchy.

• She's climbing the corporate ladder quickly.
• He started at the bottom of the ladder and worked his way up.
• Success requires moving up the social ladder.

Eş anlamlılar: hierarchy, scale, pecking order, chain

Çorapta kaçan ilmek

A vertical run in a stocking or pair of tights where stitches have come undone.

• I got a ladder in my tights this morning.
• She noticed a ladder running up her stocking.

Eş anlamlılar: run, snag