bucket truck

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nounbucket truck (plural bucket trucks)

A truck fitted with an extendable, hydraulic boom carrying a large bucket for raising people to elevated areas.
The sign was nailed to the top of an electrical pole; the inability to remove it without a bucket truck reinforced the permanence of the opinion.
2024 July 15, Heidi Julavits, “I Put Up a Fence in Maine. Why Did It Cause Such a Fuss?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms: cherry picker

nounA truck fitted with an extendable, hydraulic boom carrying a large bucket for raising people to elevated areas.

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