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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A portable ladder with a hinged supporting frame and usually topped with a small platform.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A ladder having flat steps, or treads, in place of rungs, and usually provided with an adjustable supporting frame.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A portable set of steps.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of step ladder.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a folding portable ladder hinged at the top
  • noun a folding portable ladder hinged at the top

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