forklift

1. 1.

   a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them

   Broaderself-propelled vehicle

Other forms of forklift

plural

forklifts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about forklift

What does forklift mean?

forklift means "a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them".

How many syllables are in forklift?

forklift has 2 syllables: for-klift. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˌklɪft/.

Is forklift a common word?

forklift is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.