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Definition of "forklift" []

  • A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load to be lifted and moved. (noun)
  • To move or stack by use of a vehicle with a power-operated pronged platform. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "forklift" in a sentence
  • "Remember when I first went to White's they didn't have what you call a forklift, but today they've got these big lifts that can do as much work in fifteen minutes as a half dozen men can do all day."
  • "The forklift is the device of choice for loading pallets from containers into the hatches of a cruise ship."
  • "* Note the guy driving the forklift is my dad's friend Andy."
Words like "forklift"
fork hoist
fork truck
forklifts
handlift
lift truck
rou
self-propelled vehicle
sideloader
stacker-truck
tow-motor
trailer loader
wrecker