A climber is someone who climbs rocks or mountains as a sport or a hobby.
2. countable noun
A climber is a plant that grows upwards by attaching itself to other plants or objects.
climber in British English
(ˈklaɪmə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that climbs
2.
a plant that lacks rigidity and grows upwards by twining, scrambling, or clinging with tendrils and suckers
3. mainly British short for social climber
climber in American English
(ˈklaɪmər)
noun
1.
one that climbs up
2. US
a device with sharp spikes fastened to the shoe or strapped to the leg, for use in climbing telephone poles, trees, etc.
3. US, Informal
a person who tries to advance socially or in business
4. Botany
a climbing plant or vine
COBUILD Collocations
climber
experienced climber
Examples of 'climber' in a sentence
climber
They were experienced climbers and were well equipped.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She is the second experienced female climber to have died this week.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was built by a social climber trying to impress the local toffs.
The Sun (2011)
The experienced climbers had stayed an extra day just to make the ascent.
The Sun (2009)
He was with three other climbers when he died.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Ambitious social climbers with ample funds would shower them with cash.
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It was once an environment where only skilled and experienced climbers dared to tread.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Two rock climbers saw the tragedy and raised the alarm before trying to dig the trapped walkers out.
The Sun (2013)
The images show rock climbers relying on heavy ropes and sheer guts to take on the forbidding peaks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It would not have helped if he had turned out to have been a pretty accomplished rock climber.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He failed, and the climber died within a few hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Four climbers died in accidents attempting the lower, technically more difficult summit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They can be made bespoke or bought as a kit, and many provide planting opportunities for climbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A controversial figure but perhaps the most persuasive social climber.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A hunt for the experienced climber began in hours but stopped for eight months amid avalanche fears.
The Sun (2015)
When planting climbers as ground cover, plant on this side and train the plant acrossif you can.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But when walls meet concrete paving it gets difficult - and the hunt is on to find climbers to grow in pots and containers.
The Sun (2007)
THREE climbers were killed yesterday when they were swept off a Scottish mountain by an avalanche.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
FOUR climbers were killed yesterday when they were buried by an avalanche in the Highlands.
The Sun (2013)
One of the climbers killed by an avalanche in Scotland at the weekend was a member of the mountain rescue team that recovered his body.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In two other incidents an Italian climber was killed and a German lost his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
THREE British climbers were found dead on a Spanish mountain yesterday after being trapped in a blizzard.
The Sun (2006)
What climbers would I plant?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
climber
British English: climber /ˈklaɪmə/ NOUN
A climber is someone who climbs rocks or mountains as a sport.
She was an experienced climber.
American English: climber
Arabic: مُتَسَلِّق
Brazilian Portuguese: alpinista
Chinese: 登山者
Croatian: penjač
Czech: horolezec
Danish: bjergbestiger
Dutch: klimmer
European Spanish: escalador
Finnish: vuorikiipeilijä
French: grimpeur
German: Bergsteiger
Greek: ορειβάτης
Italian: alpinista
Japanese: クライマー
Korean: 등산가
Norwegian: klatrer
Polish: wspinacz
European Portuguese: alpinista
Romanian: alpinist
Russian: скалолаз
Latin American Spanish: escalador
Swedish: klättrare
Thai: คนปีน
Turkish: dağcı tırmanıcı
Ukrainian: альпініст
Vietnamese: người leo núi
All related terms of 'climber'
ice climber
a mountain climber who specializes in ascending frozen surfaces
hill climber
a person who takes part in hill walking
leaf-climber
a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
rock climber
A rock climber is a person whose hobby or sport is climbing cliffs or large rocks.
root climber
any of various climbing plants, such as the ivy , that adhere to a supporting structure by means of small roots growing from the side of the stem
social climber
You describe someone as a social climber when they try to get accepted into a higher social class by becoming friendly with people who belong to that class.
trumpet climber
either of two bignoniaceous vines , Campsis radicans of the eastern US or C. grandiflora of E Asia, with clumps of trumpet-shaped flowers: grown as ornamentals
mountain climber
someone who climbs or walks up mountains
experienced climber
A climber is someone who climbs rocks or mountains as a sport or a hobby .