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tail lift

tail lift noun: a mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of a vehicle, designed to facilitate the transfer of goods from ground level onto the vehicle.

tail lift: a mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of a vehicle, designed to facilitate the...
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Noun

tail lift (plural tail lifts)

  1. A mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of a vehicle, designed to facilitate the transfer of goods from ground level onto the vehicle.

Forms of tail lift

pluraltail lifts

Questions about tail lift

What does tail lift mean?
Tail lift means a mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of a vehicle, designed to facilitate the transfer of goods from ground level onto the vehicle.
What part of speech is tail lift?
Tail lift is a noun.
What is the plural of tail lift?
The plural of tail lift is tail lifts.

Words near tail lift in the dictionary

  1. tail in
  2. tail job
  3. tail jobs
  4. tail lamp
  5. tail lamps
  6. tail lift
  7. tail lifts
  8. tail light
  9. tail lights
  10. tail merging
  11. tail number

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