tikkaat — meaning in English

English meaning

• ladder noun A frame with rungs used for climbing up or down.
• step noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
• trap noun A device designed to catch or kill an animal.

Senses

tikkaat is used for these senses in English:

• step (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
• trap (now, rare) A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.

ladder — full definition

1. noun A frame with rungs used for climbing up or down.
2. noun A series of steps or stages leading to a better position, especially in a career.
3. noun A vertical run of unravelled stitches in tights or a knitted garment.
4. verb Of a knitted garment, to develop a run when a thread breaks.

step — full definition

1. noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
2. noun One stage in a process or sequence.
3. verb To move by lifting and placing one foot in front of the other.

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