forklift

powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances
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forklift

Summary

forklift ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,631 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • forklift is a type of lifting equipment[2].
  • forklift is a type of discontinuous conveyor[3].
  • forklift is a type of Industrial truck[4].
  • forklift is a type of Hoisting-and-transport machines[5].
  • forklift's Commons category is recorded as Forklifts[6].
  • forklift's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Forklifts[7].
  • forklift's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03384352-n[8].
  • forklift's designed to carry is recorded as pallet[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include lifting equipment[2], discontinuous conveyor[3], Industrial truck[4], and Hoisting-and-transport machines[5].

Why It Matters

forklift ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,631 views/month).[1] forklift has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] forklift is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of lifting equipment, discontinuous conveyor, Industrial truck +1
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Designed to carry pallet
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11609, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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