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   rung

   /rʌŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a horizontal support on a ladder for a person's foot.
   • ▪ a level in a hierarchical structure, especially a class or career structure: "we must ensure that the low-skilled do not get trapped on the bottom rung"
   • 2. a strengthening crosspiece in the structure of a chair.

   Word Origin Old Englishhrung (in rung1 (sense 2)); related to Dutch rong and German Runge.

   Derivatives

   • 1. runged adjective
   • 2. rungless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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