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haylift

haylift noun: an airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.

Noun

haylift (plural haylifts)

  1. An airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.
    • Colorado also began a haylift in hopes of saving thousands of cattle immobilized by drifts as high as 10 feet.2007 January 3, The Associated Press, “Copters Drop Food for People and Cattle Trapped by Snow”, in New York Times

Forms of haylift

pluralhaylifts

Origin of haylift

From hay + lift, influenced by airlift.

Questions about haylift

What does haylift mean?
Haylift means an airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.
What part of speech is haylift?
Haylift is a noun.
What is the plural of haylift?
The plural of haylift is haylifts.

Words near haylift in the dictionary

  1. Haylee
  2. Hayleigh
  3. Haylen
  4. hayless
  5. Hayley
  6. haylift
  7. haylifts
  8. haylike
  9. Hayling Island
  10. Haylock
  11. hayloft

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