Used in a Sentence

forklift

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for forklift.

Editorial note

I have a forklift part from the early 80's that can only act as a forklift (it has a spring).

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of forklift gathered in one view.

verb

To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.

noun

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forklift.

verb

To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.

noun

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

Example sentences

1

I have a forklift part from the early 80's that can only act as a forklift (it has a spring).

2

NE and Community Forklift in Hyattsville one can get get rid of pretty much anything still usable.

3

Normally you'd need a large open space (and a forklift) to demonstrate the product but with this?

4

Bits & pieces from the junkyard and old drills cobbled together to make a miniature forklift.

5

Another plant had someone crushed under a forklift just before Christmas when it tipped over when they were emptying a glass hopper.

6

It's not necessary to forklift the entire population of 20,000 employees when you have the option to grow elsewhere in the region.

7

That's not a sinister motive, but it also shouldn't be an animating motive behind a unnecessary and harmful forklift update of Internet infrastructure.

8

I think the technique this is trying to replace is, 'Cranes and forklift trucks haven't the flexibility for this task?

9

On Linux I'm pretty much a full time midnight commander user, on OSX I use forklift.

10

I would challenge myself to move product quicker and avoid forklift duty (standing in place).

11

I imagine it is mostly automated, with a few engineers and forklift drivers working there.

12

I don't know anyone who doesn't have a paus alternative such as Forklift installed.

Quote examples

1

The result is plenty of people having a degree, but little of them possessing any skill usable to actually create something, and little of them willing to do physical job ("I wasn't studying for five years only to ride a forklift cart!").

2

There's a huge cost to "solving problems with TCP": the existing protocol is intricately coupled between implementations (see: every attempt to improve TCP congestion control since Vegas) and so widely deployed as to be impossible to forklift out.

Proper noun examples

1

Forklift is a dual pane file manager that works well for me.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use forklift in a sentence?

I have a forklift part from the early 80's that can only act as a forklift (it has a spring).

What does forklift mean?

To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.

What part of speech is forklift?

forklift is commonly used as verb, noun.