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[ klahy-mer ] / ˈklaɪ mər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR climber ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing that climbs. a climbing plant. social climber. a device to assist in climbing, as a climbing iron. Origin of climberlate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at climb, -er1 Words nearby climberclimatology, climax, climax community, climb, climb-down, climber, climb indicator, climbing fern, climbingfish, climbing frame, climbing hydrangea Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for climberGripping a stone the size of a grapefruit, he strode toward Ueli Steck, a Swiss climber who had offended him. Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST And besides, the climber who goes over is always more exciting than the walker who goes around. Letter to a Young Critic: William Giraldi Defends True Criticism|William Giraldi|September 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST When the climber and surfer became a father, his culinary skills were a notch above “pasta boiler.” Father’s Day 2012 Gift Ideas: 13 Best Books for Dad|The Daily Beast|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST It is more highly cultivated and more civilised than a climber with a proper sense of his calling could possibly approve of. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith
Then great Blacksnake, “The Climber,” offered to go for fire. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains|Unknown The goat is a climber and affects the heights, while the sheep also prefers short grass to the richer pastures suited to kine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various The climber stretched forth a long arm and wrenched away this cylinder. Jewels of Gwahlur|Robert E. Howard The sun sinks while the climber walks round his mountain, looking for the best way up. An Edinburgh Eleven|J. M. Barrie
British Dictionary definitions for climber
nouna person or thing that climbs a plant that lacks rigidity and grows upwards by twining, scrambling, or clinging with tendrils and suckers mainly British short for social climber Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to climberhiker, mountaineer, rock climber, mountain climber, alpinist, backpacker, cragsman, trailer, creeper, name-dropper |