Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A mechanized, cable-suspended, aerial chair assembly used to transport skiers up or down a mountain slope.
Wiktionary
- n. A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a ski lift on which riders are seated.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
- n. 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
Examples
“But since we're almost always running late to things at the Olympics, the chairlift has been the transport of choice.”
“I hopped on the one chairlift, which is very slow, and feels especially slow on 15-degree days.”
“Open Water on a chairlift was the word on Frozen, one of the more conventional horror tales on show at Sundance.”
“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.”
“Dressler called chairlift incidents of this type "rare.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Even when the slopes are crowded with other skiers, and even if Bob and I talk while we ride the chairlift, skiing down to the base is a glorious experience in focused silence.”
“From fresh mountain air, to awe-inspiring mountain vistas, to being fully immersed in the beauty of nature, not to mention an electric chairlift to indulge my indolence, it is the perfect antidote to the sedentary existence that can engulf so many in winter.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Surviving a Brutal Winter
“The view from the top of 7th Heaven chairlift on Blackcomb and from the peak of Whistler are among my favourites, as are the top of the Dave Murray downhill, where the men's alpine skiing events will start, and the Peak 2 Peak gondola.”
Official Google Blog: Vancouver forecast: light winds, unlimited visibility
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chairlift’.
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WF - nominal compounds (concrete)
foodstuff, banknote, crankshaft, earphone, fibreboard, fishplate, forklift, glassware, guardrail, handicraft, headband, kitchenware and 181 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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The Show
An attempt to define 'the Show' as it exists in Australia, urban or rural.
dodgem car, show day, royal, grand parade, livestock, sideshow alley, fairy floss, show bag, exhibitor, blue ribbon, hoof and hook, showjumping and 13 more...
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frindley Crikey! May 10, 2008
bilby Heavens, you're the first to list chairlift, frin-frin. Up and away! May 10, 2008