lifting device

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Noun

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lifting device - a device for lifting heavy loads crane - lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axisdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"elevator, lift - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a buildinghoist - lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objectswinch, windlass - lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds