crane
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crane1
▶noun a large, tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm.
■ a moving platform supporting a camera.
▶verb- 1 stretch out (one's neck) in order to see something.
- 2 move (an object) by means of a crane.
– derivatives
cranage noun.
cranage noun.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crane2
▶noun a tall, long-legged, long-necked bird, typically with white or grey plumage and tail plumes. [Grus grus (common crane, Eurasia) and related species, family Gruidae .]
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
'crane' also found in these Oxford entries:
banksman
- blue crane
- brolga
- cherry picker
- cranberry
- crane fly
- cranesbill
- cranny
- daddy-long-legs
- davit
- demoiselle crane
- derrick
- dogman
- gantry
- geranium
- gromwell
- grouse
- jib
- leatherjacket
- pedigree
- whooping crane
- wrecking ball
