Ladder-back

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of ladderback. alt-of, alternative

    "Moreover, American woods were used; where Yorkshire chairs had been chiefly of oak, the Philadelphia ladder-backs were of maple and sometimes hickory."

  2. 2
    the backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats wordnet
  3. 3
    a chair with a ladder-back wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ladder-back chair

Example

More examples

"Moreover, American woods were used; where Yorkshire chairs had been chiefly of oak, the Philadelphia ladder-backs were of maple and sometimes hickory."

More for "ladder-back"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.