hoist (noun)
31clothes hoist — /ˈkloʊðz hɔɪst/ (say klohdhz hoyst) noun a device consisting of a square, rotating frame, which may be raised or lowered, supporting wires on which clothes may be hung to dry …
32fork hoist — /ˈfɔk hɔɪst/ (say fawk hoyst) noun NZ → forklift …
33hoister — hoist ► VERB 1) raise by means of ropes and pulleys. 2) haul or lift up. ► NOUN 1) an act of hoisting. 2) an apparatus for hoisting. 3) the part of a flag nearest the staff. 4) a group of flags raised as a signal …
34hoistway — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a passage (as an elevator shaft) through or along which a thing may be hoisted * * * hoistˈway noun A hoist shaft • • • Main Entry: ↑hoist …
35petard — noun see be hoist with your own petard hoist 1 (2) …
36hoister — noun an operator of a hoist • Derivationally related forms: ↑hoist • Hypernyms: ↑operator, ↑manipulator …
37wheel and axle — noun hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel • Hypernyms: ↑hoist …
38tow truck — noun a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no parking zones) • Syn: ↑tow car, ↑wrecker • Derivationally related forms: ↑wreck (for: ↑wrecker) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
39block and tackle — noun pulley blocks with associated rope or cable • Hypernyms: ↑hoist • Part Meronyms: ↑pulley, ↑pulley block, ↑pulley block, ↑block * * * noun [singular] : a simple machine that is used to help lift heavy objects and that consists of rope and… …
40white ensign — noun : the British naval ensign * * * the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist. [1875 80] * * * White Ensign noun A flag with a white… …
