climber
noun
climb·er
| \ ˈklī-mər
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plural climbers
Definition of climber
1a
: a person or animal that climbs
a tree climber a bicyclist who's an excellent climber a mountain climber We also teach how to handle a rope and how to belay another climber to protect them if they fall.— Lou Whittaker
— see also rock climber
b
: a climbing plant
ivy and other climbers Owing to their size and abundance, climbing plants, especially the large woody climbers or lianes, are one of the most impressive features of the Tropical Rain forest.— P. W. Richards
2
: social climber
Examples of climber in a Sentence
Chimpanzees are excellent climbers and spend a lot of their lives in trees.
climbers like clematis and ivy
Recent Examples on the Web
These new rules could mean a better 2020 season for both climbers and locals. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, "Nepal Is Banning Single-Use Plastics on Mount Everest," 23 Aug. 2019 The report notes that over 50,000 visitors a year, including climbers and trekkers, travel to the region. — Fox News, "Mount Everest gets plastics ban as officials battle garbage pileup on the famous peak: report," 23 Aug. 2019 Digging a hole in the snow is out of the question, although this does happen at some of the camps, explains former climber and engineer, Garry Porter. — Sugam Pokharel And Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, "Nepal is banning single-use plastic in the Everest region," 22 Aug. 2019 The practice also improves strength, body awareness, balance, and breathing, says Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, a professional rock climber and yogi who has completed a 200-hour teacher training course at the Trimurti Yoga School in India. — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, "12 Yoga Poses for Climbers to Do Daily," 9 Aug. 2019 That distinction lay with Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa climber, and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand. — Ipsita Chakravarty, Quartz India, "How colonialism cost the Himalayas their remoteness," 10 June 2019 Eleven climbers died, despite facing no major avalanche or earthquake. — Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, "New Everest Rules Could Significantly Limit Who Gets to Climb," 14 Aug. 2019 Bats flutter out into the faces of climbers and hundreds of birds circle territorially above. — NBC News, "Cloning giant redwoods could help combat climate change," 28 July 2019 Speed climbing has two climbers ascend a parallel route at the same time on a 15-meter wall set at 95 degrees -- sometimes doing so in under 8 seconds. — CNN, "Kim Ja-in climbed a 550-meter tower. Now she's aiming for the Olympics," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'climber.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for climber
climber
noun
English Language Learners Definition of climber
: someone who climbs mountains, cliffs, etc., as a sport
: an animal that climbs a lot or very well
: a plant that grows up walls, poles, etc.,
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