1a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.
a series of ascending stages by which someone or something may progress:employees on their way up the career ladder
2British a vertical strip of unravelled fabric in tights or stockings:one of Sally’s stockings developed a ladder
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(with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder: (as adjective laddered)her tights were always laddered [no object]:they laddered the minute I put them on