Stepladder

Definition

stepladder /'steplædǝ(r)/ n ေခါက္ေလွကား။ ❍ LADDER

Examples

1. ‘Among the warning labels he had designed were those for stepladders
2. tampons
3. and swimming pools.’
4. ‘She isn't one to ask to spend time looking at old pictures
5. so stowing them on a high shelf requiring a stepladder to reach won't be a problem.’
6. ‘He folds up the small stepladder and tucks it under his arm.’
7. ‘If I were really worried
8. I'd get a stepladder and get up closer to her and see how she reacted… if she didn't seem eager to come down
9. I'd probably not force the issue.’
10. ‘Double-sided steps are sturdier than a smaller stepladder and are good for more demanding tasks - such as decorating around door frames.’
11. ‘A craftsman joiner
12. distinguished by his long white apron
13. poses on a pair of stepladders
14. apparently putting the finishing touches to an open door.’
15. ‘Behind these barricades are around 100 stepladders
16. packed leg to hinge.’
17. ‘I need a new stepladder but I want to see the height of the ceilings in the next place before we invest.’
18. ‘Then
19. balancing precariously on a stepladder
20. I rethreaded the rods in the fixture and repositioned all the glass frames except one.’
21. ‘Use a stepladder or tie an extension ladder securely to the tree and keep one hand on it and one on the saw.’
22. ‘We ate the baked chicken
23. rice and veggies and finished off with dark chocolate pieces we had to get on a stepladder to reach - they're kept on the top shelf on the cabinet so certain short people don't snack.’
24. ‘Again access to flowers on lower branches was by stepladders.’
25. ‘When cleaning the guttering of a bungalow
26. always place one's stepladders at right angles to the exterior walls.’
27. ‘The store was crammed with stock and staff were on stepladders hanging scarves 12 feet off the floor (either a bizarre new way to display stock or
28. more likely
29. an indication that they have nowhere else to put it).’
30. ‘On stepladders
31. never stand on the paint shelf
32. spreaders or back section.’
33. ‘In at least one case
34. that of stepladders
35. the price has been more than doubled.’
36. ‘Would the person who took the stepladder yesterday please return it or further steps will be taken.’
37. ‘She said they worked hard to complete the renovations
38. which transformed the building from a barn with a rickety stepladder and an old straw loft into the working gallery.’
39. ‘I have rather high ceilings in my apartment
40. which means the lightbulbs remained dead because even with a stepladder
41. I'm not tall enough to get to them.’
42. ‘The higher shelves were still out of reach
43. but there were handy stepladders in all the bays.’