noun
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
• Hypernyms: ↑conveyance, ↑transport
• Hyponyms: ↑chairlift, ↑chair lift, ↑rope tow, ↑surface lift
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noun : a power-driven conveyor for transporting skiers or sightseers up a long slope or mountainside and consisting usually of a series of seats suspended from a motor-driven overhead endless cable
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a conveyance that carries skiers up the side of a slope, consisting typically of a series of chairs suspended from an endless cable driven by motors.
[1935-40]
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ski lift, ski tow noun
Devices for taking skiers uphill
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Main Entry: ↑ski
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a machine that carries people to the top of a slope so they can ski down
Thesaurus: skiing and other sports taking place on snowhyponym sports events and competitionshyponym
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ski lift,
any one of various mechanisms for transporting skiers to the top of a slope, such as a chair running on a suspended cable: »
Liechtenstein has no ski lifts; the husky young Olympians must hike up the steep Alpine slopes on foot (Time).
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n. a system used to transport skiers up a slope to the top of a run, typically consisting of moving seats attached to an overhead cable
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noun, pl ⋯ lifts [count]
: a series of seats or handles that are attached to a moving cable and that are used to carry skiers up a mountain
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a machine for taking ↑skiers up a slope so that they can then ↑ski down
Useful english dictionary. 2012.