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chairlift Definition

chair·lift (-lift′)

noun

a conveyor consisting of a number of seats suspended from a power-driven endless cable, used esp. to carry skiers up a mountain slope
chairlift Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • serve: Ski runs at Jisan resort are served by four chairlifts.
  • service: Hakuba 47 offers a wide spread of difficulties over eight runs serviced by six chairlifts.

Converse of object

  • take: The edge of wild west reunion took a chairlift.
  • use: The last steep descent was avoided by using a chairlift.
  • have: Togari has 16 chairlifts in total, with an uplift capacity of thousands of people per hour.
  • install: Another nearby resort, Oberjoch, has installed a six-seater chairlift.
  • replace: All the conservation bodies involved have made it clear from the start that there is no quarrel with replacing the chairlift.

Adjective modifier

  • new: Future Rumors: Details of a new planned chairlift in La Tania along with a new beginners piste have reached us.
  • long: Here there is a long chairlift with a nursery run at the top.
  • 6-seater: Access to the ski area of Les Arcs is via a high-speed 6-seater chairlift out of Plan Peisey.
  • high-speed: Access to the ski area of Les Arcs is via a high-speed 6-seater chairlift out of Plan Peisey.
  • slow: The lift systems are good with very few queues, and no slow chairlifts!
  • near: It is a 5 minute walk to the village center and the nearest chairlift is 380m away.

Modifies a noun

  • station: It was a cold wait for the bus at the chairlift base station.
  • ride: From the Hotel Victoria in Kandersteg, this most beautiful of Swiss lakes is just a short chairlift ride away.
  • service: A total of 12 chairlifts service the trails, with a lift capacity of almost 18,000 people per hour.

Noun used with modifier

  • seater: Meribel Valley The Plan de l'homme chair from the Chaudanne in Meribel is being replaced by a high speed detachable 6 seater chairlift.
  • person: Ski school usually starts at the top of the Sportinia 4 person chairlift.