forklift
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- noun
- /ˈfɔrkˌlɪft/
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montacargas (Am.)
- Cordell moves to the forklift, starts it, and it moves toward the gurney.
- forklift truck
And I had learned how to drive a forklift back in the paint warehouse days.
- And I had learned how to drive a forklift back in the paint warehouse days.
- Now the one thing I need more than anything right now is a forklift.
- And then they drove in the forklift in the in the basement of cheese factory.
- So, you know, I could on any one day be picking crab meat or filleting fish or loading a truck with a forklift, whatever.
- So I what can I do but go back to what I knew how to do, The only thing I knew other than throwing sacks and driving forklifts, lifting weights.
- I mean, machines used to be created to aid us like an electric drill or a forklift, Whereas now we've got these robots.
- What we have here with Plug is all right, we're doing really we're growing our revenue with these hydrogen fuel celled forklifts.
- And these workshops were a hit, but I was still working, driving a forklift at the time and.
Examples
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Rigg, we should use the forklifts - to unload everything.
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We're gonna need a forklift to get Lorraine's suitcase outta here.
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The engine of this forklift is still warm.
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Charles called one of the maintenance workers to bring in a forklift and move the drum.
Fiction book (1993) -
I drive a forklift... over at the Big Boy warehouse in Queens.
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The assistant driver ran a forklift around and unloaded the crate.
Fiction book (2000) -
Green Waste Recovery, Inc. used six-cubic yard stackable containers that could be moved with a forklift as needed.
Academic text (1999) -
The tines of the forklift eased up to the bend and the scratches.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now to talk to Chuck Keitzman, the warehouseman and forklift operator, who found Dad under the pipes that fatal morning.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rows of delivery trucks were parked at the center, while beeping forklifts moved boxes of produce.
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Etymology
The word forklift is made of fork and lift. A fork is a kitchen or garden tool with two or more prongs, and 'lift' means 'to raise'. So, a forklift is a vehicle that uses fork-like prongs to raise and move heavy loads.