лестница — 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.
• stairway noun A set of stairs, especially considered as a passage or route.
• 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.

Senses

лестница is used for these senses in English:

• ladder (figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
• stair A series of steps; a staircase.
• staircase A flight of stairs; a stairway.
• stairs A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
• stairway A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
• 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.
• step ladder 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.

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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