Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Forklift has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them
"The warehouse manager directed the forklift driver to carefully insert the forks under the heavy pallets before lifting them onto the upper shelf."
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved
"The warehouse manager sent out the forklift to lift the heavy boxes off the bottom shelf before we could move them."
To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
"The new warehouse manager insisted that all heavy pallets be moved and stacked according to strict forklift safety protocols before the shift ended."