forklift
/ˈfɔrkˌlɪft/
noun
- A vehicle with a pronged platform at the front, used for lifting and moving heavy objects, especially in warehouses and factories.
- The warehouse has three forklifts for moving inventory around.
- A forklift can lift loads that are too heavy for a person to carry.
- The driver used a forklift to stack the pallets of canned goods.
verb
- To lift or move something using a forklift.
- They had to forklift the heavy machinery into the loading bay.
- We can forklift the entire shipment in under an hour.
- The crew forklifted the crates onto the ship before departure.