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forklift

UK/ˈfɔɹklɪft/US/ˈfɔɹklɪft/
nounB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,428 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: forklifts

A forklift is a small truck with prongs that lifts pallets. Drive a forklift, a forklift truck, forklift licence.

Operating one requires training and a certificate in most countries, and forklift accidents are among the commonest serious injuries in warehouses. The counterweight is at the back, which is why a forklift tips forward if overloaded and why the load is carried low. Note pallet, the wooden platform it lifts; and that forklift truck is the full British term and forklift the American.

Forklift_Truck-blank.svg: Ewan ar Born derivative work: //Sertiont|c · CC BY-SA 3.0

Definitions of forklift

  1. 1nounforkliftA small truck with prongs that lifts pallets.B2

    “The driver used a forklift to lift the pallets onto the lorry.”

forklift is a lifting vehicle.

Where it comes from

From fork + lift.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Vehicles & Machines, Factory & Manufacturing

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forklift in the wild

  • The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark, which made transmissions, and Yale & Towne Manufacturing, which made hoists.

    Forklift

  • Since World War II, the development and use of the forklift truck has greatly expanded worldwide.

    Forklift

  • Lansing Bagnall, later known as Lansing Linde, was a British forklift truck manufacturer based in Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, England.

    Lansing Bagnall

  • Heli is a Chinese construction equipment maker, primarily known for producing forklift trucks.

    Anhui Heli

  • A fuel cell forklift (also called a fuel cell lift truck) is a fuel cell powered industrial forklift used to lift and transport materials.

    Fuel cell forklift

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.