forklift

noun

fork·​lift ˈfȯrk-ˌlift How to pronounce forklift (audio)
: a self-propelled machine for hoisting and transporting heavy objects by means of steel fingers inserted under the load

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The purchase of a Hyundai forklift for $50,000, plus fees. Alex Golden, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025 The cabs are not hoisted on cables but cantilevered off the building’s façade, as if being lifted and lowered by a forklift. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 Plug Power, which makes fuel cells and electrolyzers that generate carbon-free hydrogen from water and electricity, got a $1.66 billion loan guarantee from the Energy Department to construct large-scale hydrogen plants aimed at supplying industrial customers and to power non-polluting forklifts. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Parker-White grew up in Wyandotte County and had worked as a forklift operator for the Coca-Cola Co. for several years, according to an obituary shared online. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for forklift 

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of forklift was in 1944

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“Forklift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forklift. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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forklift

noun
fork·​lift ˈfȯr-ˌklift How to pronounce forklift (audio)
: a machine for lifting heavy objects by means of steel fingers inserted under the load

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