lifter

[ lif-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that lifts.

  2. Machinery. a device or machine part used for lifting another part, as a cam used for lifting a valve in an engine.

Origin of lifter

1
First recorded in 1525–35; lift + -er1

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How to use lifter in a sentence

  • These may have valve-lifters attached to the seats, because children forget to flush the hoppers.

  • H B is proportional to the lift of the valve, and O H to the motion of the valve-gear when out of contact with the valve-lifters.

  • For lifting screw-top jars, suitable lifters may be bought for a small sum.

  • Mills' men were the beef lifters, and some of Kelly's men helped them to eat it.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale
  • We are tied to an immense pier, and mechanical lifters seem to be dragging out the very entrails of the ship.

    In to the Yukon | William Seymour Edwards