ladder back
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "This chair might be said to reflect a period when our ancestors began to have a little more time to devote to shaping and fitting than was required to make the vertical and horizontal joints of the simpler ladder backs."
- "They had ladder backs with three or more horizontal rungs or with a vertical element in the center."
- "However, if you look more closely, you can see that the Shaker ladder back is the more refined of the two: taller, thinner, and designed for greater comfort than its country cousin."