ski lift

noun

: a series of seats or handles that are attached to a moving cable and that are used to carry skiers up a mountain

Full Definition of SKI LIFT

: a motor-driven conveyor consisting usually of a series of bars or seats suspended from an overhead moving cable and used for transporting skiers or sightseers up a long slope

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First Known Use of SKI LIFT

1939

Rhymes with SKI LIFT

adrift, airlift, blueshift, chairlift, dead lift, downshift, face-lift, forklift, frameshift, gearshift, makeshift, redshift, sealift, shape-shift, shoplift, short shrift, snowdrift, spendthrift, spindrift, split shift, stick shift, swing shift, uplift, upshift

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