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 Definitions of elevator  [ˈɛl əˌveɪ tər]  

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Definition of 'elevator' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) elevator
a person or thing that elevates or raises.

2.  elevator
a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building.

3.  elevator
any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials.

4.  elevator
a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices.

5.  elevator
a hinged horizontal surface used on the wing of an aircraft to control its longitudinal inclination.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < LL)

Definition of 'elevator' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) elevator, lift
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

2. (noun) elevator
the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend


Definition of 'elevator' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) elevator
a machine that carries people to different floors of a building


Definition of 'elevator' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) elevator
one who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

2. (noun) elevator
a mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage

3. (noun) elevator
a cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself

4. (noun) elevator
a building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain

5. (noun) elevator
a muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye

6. (noun) elevator
an instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone


Translation of 'elevator' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor
There is no elevator in this shop; – you will have to climb the stairs.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hysbak Arabic flag Arabic: رافِعَه، مِصْعَد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: асансьор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: elevador Czech flag Czech: výtah German flag German: der Fahrstuhl
Danish flag Danish: elevator Greek flag Greek: ασανσέρ Spanish flag Spanish: ascensor, elevador, monta
Estonian flag Estonian: lift Farsi flag Farsi: آسانسور Finnish flag Finnish: hissi
French flag French: ascenseur Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַעֲלִית Hindi flag Hindi: लिफ्ट
Croatian flag Croatian: dizalo Hungarian flag Hungarian: lift Indonesian flag Indonesian: lift
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lyfta Italian flag Italian: ascensore Japanese flag Japanese: エレベーター
Korean flag Korean: 엘리베이터 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: liftas Latvian flag Latvian: lifts
Malay flag Malay: lif Dutch flag Dutch: lift Norwegian flag Norwegian: heis, elevator
Polish flag Polish: winda Persian flag Persian: آسانسور Pashto flag Pashto: دغلې ګودام، اسانسور، لفت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: elevador Romanian flag Romanian: lift Russian flag Russian: лифт
Slovak flag Slovak: výťah Slovenian flag Slovenian: dvigalo Serbian flag Serbian: lift
Swedish flag Swedish: hiss Thai flag Thai: ลิฟท์ Turkish flag Turkish: asansör
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 電梯 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ліфт Urdu flag Urdu: رافع مشین
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thang máy Chinese flag Chinese: 电梯

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'elevator' - Nearby Entries  

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