Construction Machinery

6 words in this vocabulary list

bob

noun a short haircut for women or children

verb to cut hair in a bob haircut style

  • Bob is a diligent worker who always meets his deadlines.
  • I heard Bob got a promotion at work, he must be doing something right.
  • Bob is the bomb, he always knows how to have a good time.
  • Bob's ideas are like a breath of fresh air in our team meetings.

noun a manual threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely

  • The knight used a flail to fight off the enemy soldiers.
  • He was flailing around trying to fix the broken machine.
  • She was flailing on the dance floor last night.
  • His emotions were in a constant state of flail after the breakup.

noun a man's name

  • Jack was appointed as the new CEO of the company.
  • Hey, have you met Jack? He's the new boss around here.
  • Jack is the coolest dude I know, always up for a good time.
  • Learning to play the guitar was like trying to tame a wild jack-in-the-box.

noun a person who tills the land; a machine or implement used for tilling the soil

  • The farmer used a tiller to prepare the soil for planting.
  • Dad is out in the garden with the tiller, getting it ready for the new plants.
  • I borrowed my neighbor's tiller to do some yard work.
  • The CEO is the tiller of the company, steering it in the right direction.

noun a hinged door at the rear of a vehicle that can be raised or lowered for loading and unloading cargo

  • The liftgate on the SUV automatically opens when you press the button.
  • Hey, can you help me lift the liftgate on the truck?
  • I'll just pop the liftgate and throw the bags in the back.
  • Opening up about his emotions was like lifting a heavy liftgate off his chest.

noun a type of ladder used for reaching high places, especially on buildings or fire trucks

  • The firefighters used an aerial ladder to rescue the people trapped on the top floor of the burning building.
  • The firefighters brought out the big aerial ladder to get up to the high window.
  • The crew busted out the aerial ladder to reach the top of the building.
  • The CEO climbed the corporate ladder with the same determination as ascending an aerial ladder to success.