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mobile cranes

mobile cranes is the plural of mobile crane.

Meaning of mobile crane

Noun

mobile crane (plural mobile cranes)

  1. A crane of varying size and load capacity, usually mounted on road wheels, but sometimes on crawler tracks, which can move to wherever it is required.
    • A 30cwt overhead electric travelling crane works in the received traffic part of the shed and two 2 ton mobile cranes operate in the forwarded section. Outside the shed in the yard there are a 10 ton electric gantry crane and a 7½ ton mobile crane to deal with wagon-loads.1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Walsall sundries concentration depot”, in Modern Railways, page 367

Questions about mobile cranes

What is mobile cranes the plural of?
Mobile cranes is the plural of mobile crane.

Words near mobile cranes in the dictionary

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  2. mobile chicane
  3. mobile chicanes
  4. Mobile County
  5. mobile crane
  6. mobile cranes
  7. mobile data
  8. mobile device
  9. mobile devices
  10. mobile elevated work platform
  11. mobile elevating work platform

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