Australian English Meaning of elevator

Lift

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Definitions and Meaning of elevator in English

Wordnet

elevator (n)

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

the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend

Webster

elevator (n.)

One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

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.

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.

A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.

A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.

An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.

A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.

FAQs About the word 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

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elevation => elevation, elevating => elevating, elevatedness => elevation, elevated railway => Elevated railway, elevated railroad => Elevated railway,