forklift
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can…A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.
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1 sensesA small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.
Gabelstapler
ви́лочный погру́зчикvíločnyj pogrúzčik, автопогру́зчикavtopogrúzčik, автока́рavtokár
автованта́жникavtovantážnyk, автонаванта́жувачavtonavantážuvač, ви́лочний наванта́жувачvýločnyj navantážuvač
a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them
Examples
14 sentencesHave you ever driven a forklift?
You don't know how to operate a forklift, do you?
I thought you didn't know how to drive a forklift.
Ask Tom if he knows how to operate a forklift.
I thought that you didn't know how to drive a forklift.
Translations
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Origin
From fork + lift.From fork + lift.
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Forms
plural: forkliftsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.