Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mechanized, cable-suspended, aerial chair assembly used to transport skiers up or down a mountain slope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a ski lift on which riders are seated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
continuously moving series of openseats , slung from overheadcables , used to transport people (especiallyskiers ) up the sides ofmountains .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
- noun a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
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Examples
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I hopped on the one chairlift, which is very slow, and feels especially slow on 15-degree days.
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Open Water on a chairlift was the word on Frozen, one of the more conventional horror tales on show at Sundance.
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But since we're almost always running late to things at the Olympics, the chairlift has been the transport of choice.
The Seattle Times 2010
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But since we're almost always running late to things at the Olympics, the chairlift has been the transport of choice.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Open Water on a chairlift was the word on Frozen, one of the more conventional horror tales on show at Sundance.
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I hopped on the one chairlift, which is very slow, and feels especially slow on 15-degree days.
RutlandHerald.com 2010
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Dressler called chairlift incidents of this type "rare."
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Entering one requires perching precariously on a makeshift wooden chairlift, which is then lowered down the 30 foot deep shaft by a winch powered by a sputtering petrol generator.
Faultline USA 2009
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Though at times it seemed there was a missing fabric in the crazy quilt of our lives, I loved the trips our kids invited us to take with them: Christmas in snowy Colorado, misty, early mornings on the cliffs of Maine, chairlift rides along the mountain range of Vermont.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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But on this day, my husband found himself riding up on a chairlift with a man in his late forties and his twelve-year-old son.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
bilby commented on the word chairlift
Heavens, you're the first to list chairlift, frin-frin. Up and away!
May 10, 2008
frindley commented on the word chairlift
Crikey!
May 10, 2008