boat lift

noun

A mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another, while keeping them afloat.

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Meanings

nounboat lift (plural boat lifts)

plural boat lifts · alternative boatlift

  1. engineeringA mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another, while keeping them afloat.

Translations

Catalan elevador de vaixells
  • elevador de vaixellsmechanism
Chinese Mandarin 升船機 /升船机
  • 升船機 /升船机 (shēngchuánjī)mechanism
Czech lodní výtah
  • lodní výtahmechanism
Danish skibshæveværk
  • skibshæveværkmechanism
Dutch scheepslift
  • scheepsliftmechanism
Esperanto šiplifto
  • šipliftomechanism
French ascenseur à bateaux
  • ascenseur à bateauxmechanism
German Schiffshebewerk
  • Schiffshebewerkmechanism
Indonesian lift kapal
  • lift kapalmechanism
Norwegian båtheis
  • båtheismechanism
Russian судоподъёмник, судовой лифт
  • судоподъёмник (sudopodʺjómnik)mechanism
  • судовой лифтmechanism
Spanish ascensor de barcos
  • ascensor de barcosmechanism
Swedish båtlyft, skeppslyft
  • båtlyftmechanism
  • skeppslyftmechanism
  • lyftverkmechanism
Thai ลิฟต์เรือ
  • ลิฟต์เรือmechanism
Turkish tekne kaldıracı
  • tekne kaldıracımechanism
Ukrainian суднопідіймач
  • суднопідіймач (sudnopidijmač)mechanism
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APA

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MLA

“boat lift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boat%20lift. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boat lift,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boat%20lift.

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