JACOB'S LADDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jacob's ladder mean? 

• JACOB'S LADDER (noun)
  The noun JACOB'S LADDER has 2 senses:

1. pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers

2. (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps

  Familiarity information: JACOB'S LADDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACOB'S LADDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

charity; Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; Polemonium caeruleum; Polemonium van-bruntiae; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae

Hypernyms ("Jacob's ladder" is a kind of...):

polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

jack ladder; Jacob's ladder; pilot ladder

Hypernyms ("Jacob's ladder" is a kind of...):

ladder (steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)