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ladderless

ladderless adjective: without a ladder.

Adjective

ladderless (not comparable)

  1. Without a ladder.
    • The roof was low but she could not clamber up on it ladderless, hauling the long shakes and the nails, the hammer.2005, Molly Gloss, The Jump-Off Creek, page 50

Origin of ladderless

From ladder + -less.

Questions about ladderless

What does ladderless mean?
Ladderless means without a ladder.
What part of speech is ladderless?
Ladderless is an adjective.

Words near ladderless in the dictionary

  1. ladderizations
  2. ladderize
  3. ladderized
  4. ladderizes
  5. ladderizing
  6. ladderless
  7. ladderlike
  8. ladderman
  9. laddermen
  10. ladderproof
  11. ladders

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