accommodation ladder

noun

a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship for access to and from a small boat.

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Meanings

nounaccommodation ladder (plural accommodation ladders)

plural accommodation ladders

  1. nauticala flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship for access to and from a small boat.
  2. The property ladder, without the implication of necessarily owning the place where one lives.

Translations

Danish faldereb
  • faldereba flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
Dutch valreep
  • valreepa flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
German Fallreep
  • Fallreepa flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
Hebrew סֻלַּם הַבָּב, כֶּבֶשׁ
  • סֻלַּם הַבָּב (sulam habav)a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
  • כֶּבֶשׁ (kevesh)a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
  • גַּמְלָה (gamlah)a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
  • אַסְכָּלָה (askalah)a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
Irish dréimire teile
  • dréimire teilea flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
Italian barcarizzo
  • barcarizzoa flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
Swedish fallrep
  • fallrepa flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship
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APA

accommodation ladder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accommodation%20ladder

MLA

“accommodation ladder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accommodation%20ladder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accommodation ladder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accommodation%20ladder.

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