hoist

1. 1.

   lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

   Broaderlifting device

   Narrowerblock and tackleheadgearwheel and axle

Other forms of hoist

plural

hoists·

past tense

hoisted·

present participle

hoisting·

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 hoist

What does hoist mean?

hoist means "raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hoist?

hoist has 1 syllable: hoist. In IPA it is /ˈhɔɪst/.

What is another word for hoist?

Close synonyms include lift, wind, run up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoist a common word?

hoist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.