telpher
- noun
- Archaic
:
teléfono
- Old photographs show a telpher transporting supplies to remote construction sites.
Examples
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The engineer inspected the telpher as it glided smoothly along the overhead cable.
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Each telpher could carry several tons of coal across the valley efficiently.
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The telpher glided smoothly across the valley.
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Many telphers were installed in the mountainous region.
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Each telpher transports goods efficiently across the valley using overhead cables.
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Old photographs show a telpher moving materials to remote construction sites.
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The engineer monitored the telpher as it operated along the suspended cables.
Synonyms
88
3.0
A carriage on a cable that carries people or goods up a hill
11
3.5
A vehicle that hangs from a cable and carries people up a hill
A carrier hung from an overhead cable that moves heavy goods
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
telpher = telpherage (opaque) = tele + pher
Telpher is plausibly back-formed from the specialized term 'telpherage', but the meaning is not straightforward for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Telpher comes from Greek parts tele- 'far' and pherein 'to carry'. So it is like a 'far carrier', a small car that carries goods or people along a suspended cable.