Phrase Hound found 40 phrases and 10 compound words that contain cranes. The most common are listed below. Open cranes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 40
- claw cranesplural of claw crane: A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize.
- mobile cranesplural of mobile crane: A crane of varying size and load capacity, usually mounted on road wheels, but sometimes on crawler tracks, which can move to wherever it is required.
- overhead cranesplural of overhead crane: A crane used in industry with a steel bridge mounted on a runway at either end, and a hoist which travels along the bridge.
- paper cranesplural of paper crane: A representation of the Japanese red-crowned crane made out of folded paper, a classic origami figure.
- Siberian cranesplural of Siberian crane: A large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.
- tower cranesplural of tower crane: A crane, consisting of a balanced beam erected on top of a tall metal (normally self-erecting) tower, used in the construction of tall buildings
- water cranesplural of water crane: A kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.
- whooping cranesplural of whooping crane: Grus americana, a species of crane native to North America.
- red-crowned cranesplural of red-crowned crane: Grus japonensis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia
- sandhill cranesplural of sandhill crane: A crane native to North America and parts of Siberia (Antigone canadensis, syn. Grus canadensis).
- gantry cranesplural of gantry crane: A large crane mounted on a platform that usually runs back and forth on parallel tracks astride the work area.
- white-naped cranesplural of white-naped crane: Antigone vipio, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family
- sarus cranesplural of sarus crane: A crane (Antigone antigone) native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.
- blue cranesplural of blue crane: Grus paradisea, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family
- breakdown cranesplural of breakdown crane: A crane that can be used in the event of accidents and derailments, as well as for engineering work on the railway; the crane is usually coupled to another vehicle on which the jib can be rested when travelling …
- common cranesplural of common crane: Grus grus, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family.
- container cranesplural of container crane: A kind of dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.
- crowned cranesplural of crowned crane: Either of two species of crane of the genus Balearica (Black Crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina and Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum) from sub-Saharan Africa.
- hooded cranesplural of hooded crane: Grus monacha, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia
- Japanese cranesplural of Japanese crane: Grus japonensis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia
- paradise cranesplural of paradise crane: Grus paradisea, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family
- platform cranesplural of platform crane: A crane mounted on a movable truck.
- skill cranesplural of skill crane: A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize.
- Stanley cranesplural of Stanley crane: Grus paradisea, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family
- steam cranesplural of steam crane: A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.
Compound words 10
- cranesbillAny flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
- minicranesplural of minicrane: A small crane that can be used inside a building being constructed
- aircranesplural of aircrane: A heavy-lift helicopter.
- cranesbillsplural of cranesbill: Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
- cranesmanSynonym of craneman (“crane operator”).
- cranesmenplural of cranesman: Synonym of craneman (“crane operator”).
- helicranesplural of helicrane: A heavy-lift helicopter.
- skycranesplural of skycrane: A helicopter that is used for hauling large loads.
- otocranesplural of otocrane: The bony labyrinth.
- pericranesplural of pericrane: The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull.