3syllables
laddering
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Definitions ofladdering
1verb
- To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
- To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
- Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
Example: "Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!"
1noun
- A process of soil compaction that serves to break up clods and level a field.
Example: "ploughings and ladderings"
- An interview technique developed in the 1960s in which the interviewer systematically drills down for greater detail at each step.
- An investment strategy where the investment is spread over multiple bonds or term deposits with rolling maturity dates.
- A regular pattern of oligonucleotide sizes on electrophoretic gels, resulting from the fragmentation of DNA strands during cell death.
- An irregular fracture pattern that arises from uneven drying.
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