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liftgate definition

lift·gate (lift′gāt′)

noun

  1. a door or window on the back of a station wagon, hatchback, etc. that swings upward
  2. a motorized platform on the back of a truck used to lift or lower heavy items

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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