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I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.
Mark Burnett

Meaning of "rope ladder" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROPE LADDER

rope ladder  [rəʊp ˈlædə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROPE LADDER

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Rope ladder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROPE LADDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rope ladder

Ladder

A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps. There are two types: rigid ladders that can be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rope ladders that are hung from the top. The vertical members of a rigid ladder are called stringers or rails or stiles. Rigid ladders are usually portable, but some types are permanently fixed to buildings. They are commonly made of metal, wood, or fibreglass, but they have been known to be made of tough plastic.

Definition of rope ladder in the English dictionary

The definition of rope ladder in the dictionary is a ladder made of two long ropes connected by short pieces of rope, wood, or metal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROPE LADDER


adder
ˈædə
bladder
ˈblædə
cladder
ˈklædə
gadder
ˈɡædə
ladder
ˈlædə
madder
ˈmædə
padder
ˈpædə
sadder
ˈsædə
stadda
ˈstædə
stepladder
ˈstɛpˌlædə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROPE LADDER

rope
rope burn
rope dancer
rope in
rope maker
rope trick
rope walker
rope yarn
rope-a-dope
rope-length
rope´s end
ropeable
ropedancing
ropelike
roper
ropery
ropes
ropewalk
ropeway
ropework

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROPE LADDER

accommodation ladder
aerial ladder
air bladder
badder
bidder
bucket ladder
companion ladder
corporate ladder
death adder
extension ladder
fish ladder
gall bladder
gladder
Jacob´s ladder
property ladder
puff adder
salmon ladder
swim bladder
turntable ladder
urinary bladder
wadder

Synonyms and antonyms of rope ladder in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rope ladder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROPE LADDER

Find out the translation of rope ladder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rope ladder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rope ladder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绳梯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escalera de cuerda
570 millions of speakers

English

rope ladder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रस्सी की सीढ़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حبل سلم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

веревочная лестница
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escada de corda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দড়ি মই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

échelle de corde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tangga tali
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fallreep
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

縄ばしご
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밧줄 사다리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tali bolongan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dây thang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கயிறு ஏணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोरीची शिडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

IP merdiven
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scala di corda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drabina liny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мотузкові сходи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scară de frânghie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεμόσκαλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

touleer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

repstege
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taustige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rope ladder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROPE LADDER»

The term «rope ladder» is regularly used and occupies the 59.802 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rope ladder

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2 QUOTES WITH «ROPE LADDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rope ladder.
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Mark Burnett
I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.
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Paula Yates
You might think about putting some heavy-duty hooks into the ceiling joists and beams so that you can have a rope ladder, or a small swing inside your house.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROPE LADDER»

Discover the use of rope ladder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rope ladder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rope Ladder
During a freak hurricane Mungo finds himself seeking solace at the bottom of a disused well - but when the world shifts and the rope ladder disappears, Mungo knows his life is hanging in the balance.
Nigel Richardson, 2007
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The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Tree House: For ...
Besides being good exercise, the ladder allows a child to indulge fantasies of boarding a pirate ship or climbing a tall mountain. To compensate for the inherent instability of a rope ladder, one approach is to secure the bottom end of the ladder ...
Charles Wesley Orton, Robert Miskimon, 2010
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Knotcraft: The Practical and Entertaining Art of Tying Knots
ROPE LADDERS A rope ladder is a handy thing aboard ship, in camp, or for general outdoor use. There are a number of ways of making ladders from rope, or by a combination of rope, wooden rungs, or chocks. An all-rope ladder is useful ...
Allan A. Macfarlan, Paulette Jumeau Macfarlan, 1983
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide: Build Your Kids a Treehouse
A handy trick for making a rope ladder more stable is to secure the bottom end to the ground. Once you've hung the ladder, tie the two rope ends together at the bottom with a locking carabiner attached. Clip the carabiner into an eye bolt set in  ...
Philip Schmidt, 2007
5
Reducing the Impacts of Development on Wildlife
2008b Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) Rope ladder Veage and Jones 2007; van der Ree et al. 2008b Squirrel glider (Petaurus Rope tunnel Bax 2006 norfolcensis) Rope ladder van der Ree et al. 2008b Lemuroid ringtail ...
James Gleeson, Deborah Gleeson, 2012
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Dead Days: Episodes 1, 2 and 3 (A Zombie Apocalypse Serial):
He kept tight hold of the rope ladder. A crowd of twenty or thirty were gathered underneath his feet, all of them reaching up for him, trying to wrap their fingers around the rope ladder, which didn't quite reach as far down as them. The fence was ...
Ryan Casey, 2013
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Dead Days: The Complete Season One Collection (Books 1-6):
He kept tight hold of the rope ladder. A crowd of twenty or thirty were gathered underneath his feet, all of them reaching up for him, trying to wrap their fingers around the rope ladder, which didn't quite reach as far down as them. The fence was ...
Ryan Casey, 2013
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Steeple Jack
Lowell helped me pull myself as high as I could get. He tied the rope to keep me there. I flipped a rope around the steeple, and tied it with a slip knot as high as I could get it. I had a 1/4 inch rope tied to my belt. Lowell tied the rope ladder to it.
Richard G. Olson, 2005
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Vol. VII
A climber up the mast adheres to it with his whole body, as in the lower figure on the upright pole to the right, until he reaches the thinner part of it, as appears from the figure at the top of it. 11. Climbing the rope ladder. The rope ladder should ...
‎1826
10
Knack Treehouses: A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing and ...
A rope ladder should also have a smooth surface that won't hurt small hands. You don't necessarily need a soft rope, but it should not have pieces to poke into the skin or cause rope burns. The looped-rope ladder is perhaps the easiest to use.
Lon Levin, Text and principal photography by Lon Levin, Dan Wright

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROPE LADDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rope ladder is used in the context of the following news items.
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New York City FC's Frank Lampard struggles to climb up a rope
Frank Lampard can score goals. He can deliver assists. He can make big-time tackles. He cannot, however, climb up a rope ladder. Lampard was recently out at ... «MLSsoccer.com, Jun 15»
2
Frank Lampard spectacularly fails to climb rope ladder in hilarious …
He may have won over 100 for England and lifted the Champions League with Chelsea but it seems Frank Lampard is no good at climbing ladders. Lampard ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
3
Frank Lampard's spectacular rope ladder climbing fail
New York City midfielder Frank Lampard tries his best to clamber up a rope ladder out of the sea but fails and takes a tumble back into the water. Kind police ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
4
Watch Chelsea legend Frank Lampard fail miserably as he struggles …
... his feet, but he seemingly hasn't got the arms to negotiate a simple rope ladder. ... torrid time getting from the sea and up a ladder while on holiday last week. «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
5
Fiery ladder to heaven appears over Quanzhou
The artist used a hot air balloon to hold up the 5.5-meter-wide rope ladder, which was lit in flames from the bottom. The piece lasted just over two minutes. «CCTV-America, Jun 15»
6
JAN MOIR watches last night's BGT final as Border Collie Matisse wins
It took a three-legged dog called Skippy and a collie called Matisse walking across a rope ladder – incredible! – to show the humans what flair and star quality ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
Wallace asks judge for rope ladder back
After gardaí presented a rope ladder, about 12ft long with wooden slats for treads, which was said to have been used by the TDs to scale the fence, Deputy ... «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
8
“Can I have my rope ladder back?,” Mick Wallace asks judge in …
Dressed in his trademark pink shirt, Wallace made the request at Ennis District Court after the rope ladder used by Clare Daly TD and the Wexford deputy to ... «thejournal.ie, Feb 15»
9
Gordon to prove NFL wrong
To find him, you'd need to look to the front yard, where the 6-foot-1 junior has tossed a rope ladder to the ground and chosen this time, as good a time as any, ... «ESPN, Aug 14»
10
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford can't stop clowning around as he opens …
Alongside fellow roly poly brother Doug, he played on a seesaw and climbed a rope ladder. The pair also attempted to scale a climbing frame, where they were ... «New York Daily News, Jul 14»

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