aerial lift
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.81 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A transport system that moves cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs above the ground by means of one or more cables strung between supporting towers.
Example Sentences
- "Riding an aerial lift is like riding in a small subway car."
- "Each morning, an aerial lift mechanic would ride on top of the first tramcar up the mountain, stopping at each tower to chip ice off the cable wheels."
- "'It's a continuously circulating bicable gondola-style aerial lift,' Sahay said, reading from the notes he'd made on his laptop."
- "The city's park department moved its new aerial lift into the auditorium through the stage entrance, thus providing the painter with push-button control of a safe, convenient painting platform."
- "Any piece of equipment that raises people presents bodily hazards related to falling in the event of upset or collapse. However, this section's “Case Occurrence” is a good example of a powerline-contact hazard specific to an aerial lift, and shows the lift boom as a dormant hazard."
- "Aerial lifts generally include scissor lifts and boom lifts."