plural climbers
1
a
: 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
Lou Whittaker
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
P. W. Richards2
Examples of climber in a Sentence
Chimpanzees are excellent climbers and spend a lot of their lives in trees.
climbers like clematis and ivy
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Why did the recent Everest climbers reach the peak so quickly?
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Next, head to the northern edge of Lookout Mountain, where Sunset Rock, a 100-foot-tall sandstone cliff within Point Park—part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park—has been attracting rock climbers for decades.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
Anousheh Ansari sees big problems the same way a climber sees a summit on the horizon.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Authorities have not identified any of the climbers by name.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 May 2025
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Next, head to the northern edge of Lookout Mountain, where Sunset Rock, a 100-foot-tall sandstone cliff within Point Park—part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park—has been attracting rock climbers for decades.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
Anousheh Ansari sees big problems the same way a climber sees a summit on the horizon.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Authorities have not identified any of the climbers by name.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for climber
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/climber. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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