escada — meaning in English

English meaning

• ladder noun A frame with rungs used for climbing up or down.
• stair noun A single step in a flight of steps.
• staircase noun A full flight of stairs together with its structure and railing.
• stairs noun A connected series of steps used to move between floors.

Senses

escada is used for these senses in English:

• stair A series of steps; a staircase.
• staircase A flight of stairs; a stairway.
• stairs A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
• straight man (idiomatic) A member (of any gender) of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in dialog with another comedian playing a more eccentric or otherwise more interesting character; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.

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.

stair — full definition

1. noun A single step in a flight of steps.
2. noun A flight of steps connecting two levels (usually used in the plural, "stairs").

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