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Word: Ladder
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English hlǣd(d)er, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leiter
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈladə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder
Short Definition:develop or cause to develop ladder
Examples:- I laddered my tights as I arrived this morning
- the first time I put them on, one of the stockings laddered
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