The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRANE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Hoisting apparatus crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | 50 % | 5 |
| WINCH | 25 % | 5 |
| BLOCKANDTACKLE | 25 % | 14 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hoisting apparatus
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crane
- winch
- capstan
- elevator
- hoist
- whip
- teagle
- column
- dall
- derrick
- fall
- falls
Crossword Answer definitions
CRANE noun- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
- An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
- A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
- To extend (one's neck).
- To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
- To pull up before a jump.
- The cranium.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CRANE
- Hoisting machine
- Large wading bird
- Wrecking-ball swinger
- Wading bird
- Frasier's last name
- Construction-site sight
- Wetlands whooper
- Classic origami piece
- Poet Hart __
- Egg-layer that whoops?
More clues leading to the result WINCH
- Hoisting device
- Anchor attachment
- It can give you a lift
- Cranking device
- Hoisting machine
- Stage-set mover
- A windlass.
- Windlass.
- Hoisting device.
- Machine for hauling.