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Word of the day
for July 14
climber n
  1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
    1. (figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
    2. (botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
    3. (cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
    4. (ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
  2. Something that is used for climbing.
    1. (climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)

climber v

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.
Stage 12 of the 2022 Tour de France from Briançon to Alpe d’Huez, one of the mountain stages of the race, takes place today.

It is also Bastille Day, the national day of France which commemorates the storming of the Bastille – a key event in the French Revolution – that took place on this day in 1789, and celebrates the unity of the nation.
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