From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfork-lift truckˌfork-lift ˈtruck (also fork-lift) noun [countable] 
TIFa vehicle with special equipment on the front for lifting and moving heavy things
TIFa vehicle with special equipment on the front for lifting and moving heavy thingsExamples from the Corpus
fork-lift truck• You then take two stout battens and insert them below the pallet like the arms of a fork-lift truck.• Large packages may be unloaded on to pallets and moved by fork-lift truck.• What for example is the market value of a three-year old mainframe computer, or a seven-year old fork-lift truck?• The 20-stone fork-lift truck operator was much more suitable, as was a private detective.• And was he mown down by the fork-lift truck as a result?• The fork-lift truck was not fitted with either wing mirrors or a speedometer.• This aspect is significantly in advance of typical fork-lift truck operations on 2 and 3 shift working. 