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LIFTING DEVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device for lifting heavy loads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lifting device" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lifting device"):
crane (lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis)
elevator; lift (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)
hoist (lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects)
winch; windlass (lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds)
