elevator
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elevator
- /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/ UK
- /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛləveɪtə(ɹ)
noun elevators
- Anything that raises or uplifts. And then the foaming flagons raised on high, with that best of all beverages, that elevator of spirits, that foaming sunshine, that grand and glorious brew of ale.
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A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
Similar: lift
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator). The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.
- A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
verb elevators · elevatoring · elevatored
- To move in an elevator. He elevatored up to the third floor.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lift, escalator, riser, elevation, overhead, lifter, hoist, storage, kneeling, installation, follower, force, shaft, workforce, favor, forklift
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noun silo for storing grain
| Русский | элева́тор elevátor |
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noun control surface of an aircraft
| 日本語 | 昇降舵 shōkōda |
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| Deutsch | Höhenruder |
| العربية | مِصْعَدْ miṣʕad |
| עברית | מעלית |
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title = {elevator},
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