forklift

[fawrk-lift]

noun

1. Also called forklift truck,. Also called fork truck. a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads and then raised for moving and stacking materials in warehouses, shipping depots, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or stack by forklift.

Word History and Origins

Origin of forklift¹

First recorded in 1940–45; fork + lift

Example Sentences

More than a dozen other workers have suffered severe injuries, including from falling without harnesses and getting crushed by forklifts.

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A few minutes away from Kassie's home, Andrew is back at his warehouse using a forklift truck to unload more rolls of carpet from a delivery van.

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He was shocked to see the name of his older brother, Dale, a forklift truck-operator who had died of respiratory failure a year earlier.

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The money went to pay extra drivers, forklift operators and warehouse workers to help process and distribute donations after the fires.

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“Typically these sculptures, when we do exhibitions, take about a dozen men and two forklifts to move it and a flatbed or a truck to carry it,” Winn said.

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