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a thing that you climb up when you want to reach a high place. A ladder is made of two tall pieces of metal or wood with shorter pieces between them (called rungs ).

ladies' room / ' leidizrum / noun [ count ]

a room in a public building that has toilets for women to use

Where is the ladies' room, please? —Look at men's room , restroom .

la • dle / ' leidl/ noun [ count ]

a spoon in the shape of a cup with a long handle, used for serving soup

—Look at the picture at kitchen .

la .dyФ / ' leidi / noun [ count ] ( plural la - dies )

a polite way of saying "woman" an elderly lady

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen . —Look at gentleman .

( informal ) a rude way of talking to a woman who you do not know

Hey lady, hurry up!

la • dy • bug / ' leidibAg / noun [ count ]

a small red or orange insect with black spots —Look at the picture at insect .

laid

form of lay 1

laid-back / | leid brek / adjective ( informal )

calm and relaxed; not worried

lain

form of lie 1

lake / ьк-/ noun [ count ]

( geography ) a big area of water with land all around it Lake Erie

We went swimming in the lake. lamb / lrem / noun

Pronunciation

The word lamb sounds like ham , because we don't say the letter b in this word.

[ count ] a young sheep

[ noncount ] meat from a lamb We had roast lamb for dinner.

lame / leim / adjective

( health ) not able to walk well My horse is lame.

( informal ) not very good, interesting, or exciting This party is so lame. Let's go home.

lamp

light bulb

l_ lampshade

lamp Ф/ lsemp / noun [ count ] a thing that gives light It was dark, so I switched on the lamp.

lamp • shade / ' lrempjeid / noun [ count ]

a cover for a lamp

—Look at the picture at lamp .

land 1 Ф / lsend / noun (geography)

[ noncount ] the part of the earth that is not the ocean After two weeks in a boat, we were happy to be back on land .

[ noncount ] a piece of ground

They bought some land and built a house on it. land for farming

[count] ( formal ) a country

She returned to the land where she was born.

land 2© / lsend / verb ( lands , land . ing , land . ed )

to come down from the air or to bring something down to the ground

The plane landed at La Guardia airport.

The pilot landed the plane safely.

He fell off the ladder and landed on his back.

to go onto land or to put something onto land from a ship The Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts in 1620.

land • fill / ' lrendfil / noun [ count, noncount ]

a place where large amounts of garbage and other waste material are put into the ground and covered with earth

land • ing / ' lrendig / noun [count]

coming down onto the ground in an airplane The plane made an emergency landing in a field.

—ANTONYM takeoff

the area at the top of stairs in a building There's a telephone on the landing.

land • la • dy / ' lrend|leidi / noun [ count ] ( plural land . la . dies )

a woman who rents a house or room to people for money land • lord / ' lrendlord / noun [count]

a man who rents a house or room to people for money

land • mark / ' lrendmark / noun [ count ]

a big building or another thing that you can see easily from far away

The Statue of Liberty is one of New York's most famous landmarks.

an important stage in the development of something The Fourth of July celebrates an important landmark in American history.

land • scape / lrenskeip / noun

[count]

everything you can see in an area of land The desert landscape is very beautiful.

land • slide / ' lrendslaid / noun [ count ]

( geography ) a sudden fall of earth, rocks, etc. down the side of a mountain

lane / lein / noun [ count ]

one part of a wide road

We were driving in the middle lane of the highway. Thesaurus