Meanings
plural salmon ladders
- A fish ladder built for salmon.
Thousands of visitors also descend each year on the Pitlochry Dam and Salmon Ladder that were built nearby as part of the Tummel hydroelectric power scheme from the late 1940s.
2019 December 4, Paul Stephen, “At the heart of the community”, in Rail, page 58 - The apparatus used for this exercise.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
German Lachstreppe
- Lachstreppefish ladder built for salmon
Cite this entry
salmon ladder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmon%20ladder
“salmon ladder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmon%20ladder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salmon ladder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmon%20ladder.
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