cherry picker
cherry picker noun: a piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.
Noun (1)
cherry picker (plural cherry pickers)
- A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.
- Near-synonym: man lift
- Earlier police used a cherry picker to clear protesters perched on a wooden structure built to block the road at Oxford Circus.2019 October 18, “Extinction Rebellion: Central London targeted despite ban”, in BBC News
- Synonyms:
- boom lift, basket crane, hydraladder, bucket truck
- A cantilevered tool for installing or removing a vehicle's engine block.
- Synonyms:
- engine crane, engine hoist
- A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.
- A relatively high proportion of the cost of production of RSP cherries is in the picking. Pickers are paid […]. There is considerable interest in a mechanical cherry picker which is reported to be able to double each picker's output.1947, John Trecartin Ogden, Food Freezing
- A mechanical cherry picker shakes a cherry tree to loosen the fruit. The cherries drop onto outstretched cloths, roll onto a conveyor, and are deposited in a tank of salt water. The fruit floats in the water and thus is […]1994, The World Book Encyclopedia
- A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.
- Synonyms:
- goalhanger
- A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks.
- Two conclusions stand out: The Bible is a cherry-picker's paradise, and human beings cannot function without double standards.2006, Manfred Weidhorn, An Anatomy of Skepticism, →ISBN, page 218
Noun (2) capitalized: Cherry Picker
Cherry Picker (plural Cherry Pickers)
cherry picker meaning in Tamil and Thai
cherry picker in Tamil
- விண்வெளி வீரர் குண்டுநீக்கி
cherry picker in Thai
- boom lift for lifting people
- รถกระเช้า rót-grà-cháo
Synonyms of cherry picker
- boom lift
- basket crane
- hydraladder
- bucket truck
- engine crane
- engine hoist
- goalhanger
- Cherrybum
Forms of cherry picker
| plural | cherry pickers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cherrypicker |
| alternative form | cherry-picker |
| plural | Cherry Pickers |
Questions about cherry picker
- What does cherry picker mean?
- Cherry picker means a piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.
- What is cherry picker in Tamil?
- Cherry picker in Tamil is விண்வெளி வீரர் குண்டுநீக்கி. See Cherry picker meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cherry picker?
- Cherry picker is a noun.
- What is the plural of cherry picker?
- The plural of cherry picker is cherry pickers.
Words near cherry picker in the dictionary
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