EGAVE

climber

About 0.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber). A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
  2. noun A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
  3. noun A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
  4. noun A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
  5. noun A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically , a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
  6. noun Something that is used for climbing. Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on. Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”).
  7. noun Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.
  8. noun Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”).

Similar words

climbing iron crampon crampoon social climber climb climbing mountaineer boulder rock mountain climber

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Word family

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