cranes
Long-legged wading birds
Cranes are large, long-legged wading birds known for their graceful flight and elaborate courtship dances.
The word extends to machines that lift and move heavy objects—the tall apparatus with a projecting arm resembles the bird's neck and beak.
To crane is to stretch one's neck to see something: The crowd craned to catch a glimpse of the celebrity.
Enclosed roofed structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- highriseMultistory urban building
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
site · contractor · erecting · steelwork · framework · infrastructure · girder · beam
Raise with tackle
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
- jibTriangular sail forward
- boomLoud deep sound
tower · pulley · winch · rigging · cable · counterweight · lift · elevate
Long-legged waterside bird
- egretWhite wading bird
- ibisWading bird, curved bill
- wadingTraversing shallow water on foot
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
marshes · waterfowl · plumage · feathers · beak · nesting · flock · flyway
Pressed pulp for writing
- foldingBending something over itself
- thousandTen times a hundred
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- wishYearned-for outcome
Japanese · craft · delicate · wings · art · symbol · string · mobile
Established bird migration path
- V-formationAerodynamic group flight pattern
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- journeyTravel from place to place
overwinter · breeding · stopover · thermals · altitude · navigation · instinct · transcontinental
Duration of existence
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- immortalityExemption from death
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
mythology · auspicious · luck · prosperity · ancestor · elegance · purity · transcendence
building
Enclosed roofed structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- highriseMultistory urban building
skyline · site · contractor · erecting · steelwork · framework · infrastructure · girder · beam · rigging
hoist
Raise with tackle
boom · tower · pulley · winch · rigging · cable · counterweight · lift · elevate · haul
heron
Long-legged waterside bird
wetlands · marshes · waterfowl · plumage · feathers · beak · nesting · flock · flyway · birdwatching
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
wish · Japanese · craft · delicate · wings · art · symbol · string · mobile · decorative
flyway
Established bird migration path
- V-formationAerodynamic group flight pattern
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
journey · overwinter · breeding · stopover · thermals · altitude · navigation · instinct · transcontinental · biannual
longevity
Duration of existence
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- immortalityExemption from death
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
grace · mythology · auspicious · luck · prosperity · ancestor · elegance · purity · transcendence · Chinese
- equipmentconstruction equipment, medical equipment, industrial equipment, office equipment, farm equipment
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, workers
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- harbordock, docks, pier, piers, wharf
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
craneshummingbirds
Tiny hovering nectar feeders
wrens · sparrows · finches · chickadees · kinglets
craneswrecking balls
Swinging weights for razing
bulldozers · excavators · dump trucks · compactors · pile drivers
- crane gamePrize-grabbing arcade machine
- whooping craneEndangered migratory wetland bird
- paper craneFolded bird figure
- crane your neck
- claw craneCoin-operated prize grabber
- origami craneFolded paper bird