step ladder

step ladder

See also: stepladder and step-ladder

English

A step ladder

Alternative forms

• stepladder
• step-ladder

Noun

step ladder (plural step ladders)

1. A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with stays to keep the two halves at a fixed angle.
2. (Australian rules football, slang) The player over whom another player marks to take a spectacular mark.

Related terms

• pair of stepladders
• step stool
• step chair

Translations

ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs

Belarusian: драбі́ны f pl (drabíny) Bulgarian: подвижна стълба f (podvižna stǎlba) Chinese: Mandarin: 人字梯 (rénzìtī), 扶梯級／扶梯级, 扶梯级 (fútījí) Czech: štafle (cs) f pl Danish: trappestige c Dutch: keukentrap (nl) m or f, huishoudtrap m or f Esperanto: ŝtupeskalo Finnish: taloustikkaat pl, keittiötikkaat pl French: escabeau (fr) m Galician: esqueira f German: Stufenleiter f, Stehleiter f, Trittleiter f, Leitertritt m, Tritt (de) m, Bockleiter (de) f Hebrew: דרגרג‎ m (dragrág) Hungarian: kislétra, háztartási létra, állólétra (hu) Irish: dréimire taca m Italian: scaletta (it) f, scaleo (it) m, scala a libretto f Japanese: 脚立 (ja) (きゃたつ, kyatatsu) Korean: please add this translation if you can Manx: aarey fillit f Navajo: haazʼéí Norwegian: gardintrapp m or f Nynorsk: gardintrapp f Polish: składana drabinka f, taboret składany m Portuguese: escadote (pt) m Romanian: scară cu trepte f Russian: стремя́нка (ru) f (stremjánka), ле́стница (ru) f (léstnica) Spanish: escalerilla f, escalera de tijeras f, escalera doble f Swedish: köksstege c, trappstege c Turkish: seyyar merdiven Ukrainian: стрем'я́нка f (stremʺjánka), розсувна драбина f (rozsuvna drabyna) Welsh: camfa ysgol f