Definition of "ladder" []

• An often portable structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs, used to climb up and down. (noun)
• Something that resembles this device, especially a run in a stocking. (noun)
• A means of ascent and descent: ascending the social ladder. (noun)
• A series of ranked stages or levels: high on the executive ladder. (noun)
• To run, as a stocking does. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The two GeoTrax made by Fisher-Price were sold at retail stores nationwide from September 2006 through August 2007 for between $3 and $16 and include: • GEOTRAX Rail and Road System Freightway Transport – painted yellow headlights on train car and miniature ladder• GEOTRAX Special Track Pack – painted yellow headlights on train car and miniature ladder"
• "In the original tongue the term ladder is derived from an expression which signifies a path or way, and a path or way is predicated of truth."
• "The 16-time grand slam champion faces yet more uphill climb as he takes aim at the next step on the title ladder, the 77 trophies of John McEnroe."