ski lift

noun

: a motor-driven conveyor consisting usually of a series of bars or seats suspended from an overhead moving cable and used for transporting skiers or sightseers up a long slope

Examples of ski lift in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Heli-skiing is a type of backcountry skiing in which skiers use a helicopter to access remote areas where there are no ski lifts and then ski down the slope. —Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025

The bill requires inspections of lifts that must meet the American National Standard Institute’s code for ski lifts. —Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025

Whitefish Mountain Resort in Whitefish, Montana Whitefish Mountain Resort in Montana offers 3,000 acres of terrain via 11 chairlifts, a T-bar ski lift and two conveyor carpets. —Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025

After hours of sitting stranded in their gondolas due to a broken ski lift, 174 people were brought down by rope rescues at a Colorado resort on Saturday. —Doha Madani, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ski lift

• adrift
• airlift
• facelift
• festschrift
• forklift
• gearshift
• makeshift
• redshift
• sealift
• snowdrift
• spendthrift
• clift

Kids Definition

ski lift

noun

: a machine that consists usually of a series of bars or seats hanging from a moving cable and that is used to carry skiers or sightseers up a long slope