climber
climber
Definition
climber (klīm′ər)
noun
- one that climbs up
- ☆ a device with sharp spikes fastened to the shoe or strapped to the leg, for use in climbing telephone poles, trees, etc.
- ☆ Informal a person who tries to advance socially or in business
- Bot. a climbing plant or vine
climber
Usage Examples
Possessives
- trad: A sports climber will lower off from the route, the trad ' climber may need to down climb.
Converse of object
- twine: Wisteria: Popular twining climbers with long racemes of lilac to purple flowers.
- prune: In sheltered warm gardens, prune tender climbers and wall shrubs that are already showing signs of strong growth.
- scent: Imagine the effect of training your favorite scented climber through the lattice - heaven!
- kill: Grecian avalanche kills British climber A British woman was among five people killed by a mountain avalanche in Greece, police said yesterday.
- attract: Also a few miles north of Kenmore there is Schiehallion, which attracts climbers all year round.
- grow: Grow evergreen climbers up fences for butterflies to hibernate in.
Adjective modifier
- starry-eyed: An antidote to the Property Porn on TV, and a cautionary tale for starry-eyed would-be property ladder climbers.
- woody: Ivy is our only native woody evergreen climber and it makes a wonderful contribution both to the beauty of our woodlands and its ecology.
- deciduous: Climbing Plants A pruning and planting schedule for evergreen and deciduous climbers.. .
- evergreen: Grow evergreen climbers up fences for butterflies to hibernate in.
- Bolivian: Team Composition The leader of Bolivian Climber is supported by our local guides.
- know-no-fear: She is a know-no-fear climber - loves steps of any kind!
Modifies a noun
- expedition: A very successful Bolivian Climber Expedition with team members summiting on all major peaks.
Noun used with modifier
- Everest: Everest climbers do not climb the mountain for the sake of the view.
- novice: A registered climber may bring in up to two novice climbers per session.
- rock: A head popped up over the edge of the cliff about 6 ' away - it was a rock climber.
- stair: Stanley now supplies 90 % of stair climbers used for moving vending machines.
- mountain: He was a great mountain climber, could walk forever, never wore a hat.
- ladder: An antidote to the Property Porn on TV, and a cautionary tale for starry-eyed would-be property ladder climbers.
Browse dictionary entries near climber
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- climax
- climatology
- climate
- climactic
- climacteric
- Clifton
- Clifford
- cliffhanger
- climbing iron
- climbing perch
- clime
- clin-
- clinch
- clincher
- cline
- cling
- clingfish
- clinging vine
