Definition of Liftgate

1. Noun. (automotive) A closure at the rear of a vehicle that can be mechanically raised during loading and unloading of heavy cargo ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Liftgate

1. a rear panel on a station wagon that opens upward [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liftgate

lift off
lift out
lift pump
lift scheme
lift schemes
lift up
liftable
liftback
liftbacks
lifted
lifted a finger
lifter
lifters
liftest
lifteth
liftgate (current term)
liftgates
liftin
lifting
lifting a finger
lifting agent
lifting device
lifting gas
liftings
liftman
liftmen
liftoff
liftoffs
liftover
liftovers

Literary usage of Liftgate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"Lift takes here the place of the more usual liftgate in England. Light-bread designates wheat-bread, in contradistinction from corn-bread, which really is ..."

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