"tower crane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tower cranes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tower crane (plural tower cranes)
  1. 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 Translations (crane on a metal tower): 天秤 (tin¹ cing³) (Chinese Cantonese), (cing³) (Chinese Cantonese), tårnkran [common-gender] (Danish), Turmkran [masculine] (German), toronydaru (Hungarian), tårnkran [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), żuraw wieżowy [masculine] (Polish), ба́шенный кра́н (bášennyj krán) [masculine] (Russian), ба́штовий кран (báštovyj kran) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tower_crane-en-noun-AT4pThFf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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