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# climber

«climber» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who climbs, such as mountains, rocks or climbing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a climber, climbers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A climber is a person who climbs, such as mountains, rocks or climbing walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#m1)

2) A climber is a plant that grows up walls, fences or other plants, like ivy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#m2)

3) A climbing frame or a person who climbs well can also be called a climber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sports and outdoor life climbers wear helmets and harnesses and use ropes; at an indoor climbing wall an instructor checks the ropes. In gardening, climbers like ivy, beans and roses grow upwards. In stories climbers face cold, storms and danger on high peaks. Phrases: «rock climber», «mountain climber», «a good climber», «climbing plant».

### examples

- The climbers reached the top of the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x1)
- My sister is a great climber on the climbing wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x2)
- Every climber must wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x3)
- Ivy is a climber that grows up walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x4)
- We planted a climber by the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x5)
- Cats are good climbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x6)
- The climbers were roped together for safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x7)
- Monkeys are excellent climbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x8)
- And, having thought of the experiment, he at once resolved to carry it out, for Jack was a good climber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/#x9)

### note

Countable: one climber, two climbers. The b is silent: CLY-mer. A climber (person) is different from a «climbing frame» in a playground. Safety: climbers never climb alone on rocks or cliffs and always check their equipment.

### In the corpora

- [Young pandas really tumble and roll, and pandas are good climbers that can rest high in tree branches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/135-kung-fu-panda-real-giant-pandas-and-red-pandas/8/)
- [Climbers and gymnasts put chalk on their hands because it soaks up sweat, and dry skin grips better than sweaty skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/7-living-with-friction/8/)
- [The air gets thinner the higher you go, so climbers on the highest mountains may carry oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide/13/)
- [High on mountains each breath holds less oxygen, so climbers breathe harder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/40-body-and-physics-reasoning/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «climber» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climber/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.