aerial ladder

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an extensible ladder used for reaching heights, especially from a hook-and-ladder truck.

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Words nearby aerial ladder

aeri-, Aeria, aerial, aerialist, aeriality, aerial ladder, aerial mine, aerial perspective, aerial photograph, aerial pingpong, aerial root

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Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
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British Dictionary definitions for aerial ladder

aerial ladder

noun US and Canadian

a power-operated extending ladder mounted on a fire engineAlso called: turntable ladder

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