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SNAKES AND LADDERS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snakes and ladders mean?
• SNAKES AND LADDERS (noun)
The noun SNAKES AND LADDERS has 1 sense:
1. a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
Familiarity information: SNAKES AND LADDERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("snakes and ladders" is a kind of...):
board game (a game played on a specially designed board)
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