[
US
/ˈkɫaɪmɝ/
]
[ UK /klˈaɪmɐ/ ]
[ UK /klˈaɪmɐ/ ]
NOUN
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someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains
the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes -
someone who ascends on foot
a solitary mounter of the staircase - a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
- someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
How To Use climber In A Sentence
- The climbers face certain death if the rescue today is unsuccessful.
- Radiographs of the fingertips of rock climbers, for example, show unusual bony spurs and thickened phalanges.
- This instrument is a favourite tool of the armed forces and mountain climbers all over the world.
- Chose a clear day to mend a broken fence covered in a climber, as it will be a time-consuming job to untie and untangle the plant.
- They're monuments to dead climbers - not gravestones per se but carefully constructed shrines.
- They drank strong coffee, brewed over Gareth's small climber's gas stove, and consumed cold iron and high-protein rations. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
- Smith has been one of the climbers employed by the centre to set routes on all the climbs, and that's filled what might have been a relatively dull summer.
- Do you want to go ahead with the advance party, or would you rather be in the second group of climbers?
- She is the second experienced female climber to have died this week. Times, Sunday Times
- Trad climbers use friends, chocks, stoppers and other passive and active gear instead.
