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attic ladder

attic ladder noun: a usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.

attic ladder: a usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door
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Noun

attic ladder (plural attic ladders)

  1. A usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
    • You make it as far as the last step on the attic ladder then pull short, the air cold in your lungs, the blood still in your heart.2016 July 14, Joel Golby, “Judging the Labour Party Leadership Candidates Based on Their Wikipedia Pictures Alone”, in Vice

Synonyms of attic ladder

Forms of attic ladder

pluralattic ladders

Questions about attic ladder

What does attic ladder mean?
Attic ladder means a usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
What part of speech is attic ladder?
Attic ladder is a noun.
What is the plural of attic ladder?
The plural of attic ladder is attic ladders.

Words near attic ladder in the dictionary

  1. attic
  2. attic door
  3. attic doors
  4. Attic faith
  5. Attic Greek
  6. attic ladder
  7. attic ladders
  8. Attic salt
  9. Attica
  10. Attical
  11. atticful

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