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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A ski lift consisting of a bar suspended like an inverted T against which skiers lean while being towed uphill.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bar of iron or steel having a cross-section of a form closely resembling the letter T. Such bars are much used for architectural purposes and in bridge-building.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis

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Examples

  • The friend called recently to talk up a great ski run he found in north Iceland -- a slope with a single T-bar lift.

    Election Will Move Iceland to the Left 2009

  • One of the old Sting-Ray's, the curvy ones, painted with gold specks and with a T-bar roof.

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  • As he rode up the mountain side by side with his father on the T-bar lift, Peter shivered.

    Moment of Decision « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007

  •  One of the old Sting-Ray's, the curvy ones, painted with gold specks and with a T-bar roof.

    [nearly here] 2009

  • They don't allow snowboarders on the T-bar though.

    All that white stuff e 2009

  • She`d apparently handled her first T-bar elegantly and now she was at the top.

    How it ended Ms Robinson 2008

  • In three days he`s taken Ms R from nursery slope and side stepping, to the T-bar and an intermediate slope.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Ms Robinson 2008

  • She`d apparently handled her first T-bar elegantly and now she was at the top.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Ms Robinson 2008

  • Accordingly, the royal vacationers ascended on T-bar thrones to the top of the piste past 60 journalists, then skied back down.

    And The Press Kept Its Place 2008

  • In three days he`s taken Ms R from nursery slope and side stepping, to the T-bar and an intermediate slope.

    How it ended Ms Robinson 2008

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  1. surface lift

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. black-nailed
  2. cloth-covered
  3. cross-gartered
  4. fingerlike
  5. gold-edged
  6. heelless
  7. high-laced
  8. horsehide
  9. mistress
  10. stiletto-heeled
  11. table-stone
  12. turned-in
  13. undecaying

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