lifter

noun

lift·​er

ˈliftə(r)

plural -s

1

a

: one that lifts

b

: thief see shoplifter

2

: a machine or device for lifting: such as

a

: a hoisting apparatus (as a bucket wheel in a paper mill or a device in a harvesting machine for elevating grain)

b

: a cam or other device used for lifting an engine valve

c

: a foundry tool for lifting loose sand from the mold

also : a contrivance that is attached to a cope to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted

d

: a removable handle for lifting lids in a kitchen range or stove

e

: a root-crop harvesting machine consisting essentially of a pair of spaced inclined bars that pass through the soil with low pointed ends foremost

f

: a piece in a lever-tumbler lock that moves the tumblers when the master key or skeleton key is inserted and turned exactly as they are moved by the ordinary key

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