Object

• spinnaker: It is unseamanlike for a yacht to hoist a spinnaker in the congested waters above the College of Maritime Studies jetty.

• ensign: They were all at action stations with battle ensigns hoisted.

• sail: Did you just row across the Channel or were you ever felt tempted to hoist a rudimentary sail from the shower head?

• flag: Bits of rope being threaded, fittings screwed on, ballast heaved aboard, vacuum cleaner going, flags hoisted.

Subject

• crane: Our package of boulders and pebbles was hoisted skywards by crane, over the fence and into the playground, very exciting!

Adjective modifier

• hydraulic: The risk assessment must take into account all factors that may influence the safe use of a hydraulic hoist.

• overhead: Two of the flats on the ground floor have an overhead electric hoist.

• electric: Two of the flats on the ground floor have an overhead electric hoist.

• portable: We are also able to either provide or arrange hire of riser blocks and seats, commodes, portable hoists and electric scooters.

• mobile: A simple example is how much space is required to transfer a patient on to a chair using a mobile hoist.

Modifies a noun

• loading: The photos below show the hoist loading process being carried out.

• rope: The Coroner: You don't think there has been any tampering with the hoist ropes?

Modifying Another Word

• aloft: A sedan chair ( no doubt once hoisted aloft by palace eunuchs ) stands as further testament to China's imperial past.

Noun used with modifier

• poolside: Our excellent bungalows can accommodate up to 8 persons, all with private swimming pools, many with poolside hoists.

• sack: The sack hoist was insured by the corn mill group in the early part of the 20th century.

• rooftop: The summaries give the weight of each rooftop hoist.

• ceiling: Year 11 school pupil trying out the ceiling track hoist.

• lever: The MEGALIFT system was moved along its tracking until the slings could be attached to the lifting beams by means of lever hoists.

• chain: The problem was overcome by using a 1 ton chain hoist for the raising.

Preposition: by

• crane: Our package of boulders and pebbles was hoisted skywards by crane, over the fence and into the playground, very exciting!