climber
IPA: kɫˈaɪmɝ
noun
- Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
- (botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
- (cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
- (ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
- Something that is used for climbing.
- (chiefly Canada) Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.
- (climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.
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Examples of "climber" in Sentences
- The next climber puts away the protection.
- He was considered the finest climber of the Tour.
- The girl on the right is belaying a lead climber.
- Climbers grade the difficulty of the routes they climb.
- The climber gains momentum and the elevator loses momentum.
- Beppo Occhialini was an avid spelunker and mountain climber.
- The player controls the mountain climber, called the Alpiner.
- This creates the friction required to properly belay a climber.
- This event combines the skills of the chopper and the high climber.
- After the mountain climber stops the actual price of the prize is revealed.