Meanings
nounattic ladder (plural attic ladders)
plural attic ladders
- A usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
You make it as far as the last step on the attic ladder then pull short, the air cold in your lungs, the blood still in your heart.
2016 July 14, Joel Golby, “Judging the Labour Party Leadership Candidates Based on Their Wikipedia Pictures Alone”, in ViceSynonyms: disappearing stairs, loft ladder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA usually retractable ladder used to access an attic through an attic door.
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Translations
Dutch vlizotrap, vlieringtrap
- vlizotrapclimbing tool to access an attic
- vlieringtrapclimbing tool to access an attic
- zoldertrapclimbing tool to access an attic
German Bodentreppe, Dachgeschossleiter
- Bodentreppeclimbing tool to access an attic
- Dachgeschossleiterclimbing tool to access an attic
- Speichertreppeclimbing tool to access an attic
- Dachbodenleiterclimbing tool to access an attic
Hebrew סולם לעליית גג, סולם מתקפל לגג
- סולם לעליית גגclimbing tool to access an attic
- סולם מתקפל לגגclimbing tool to access an attic
Hungarian padlásfeljáró
- padlásfeljáróclimbing tool to access an attic
Italian scala retrattile
- scala retrattileclimbing tool to access an attic
Welsh staer
- staerclimbing tool to access an attic
Cite this entry
APA
attic ladder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attic%20ladder
MLA
“attic ladder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attic%20ladder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attic ladder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attic%20ladder.
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