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- Dictionaryelevator/ˈɛlɪveɪtə/
noun
- 1. a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels; a lift: "in the elevator she pressed the button for the lobby"
- 2. a machine consisting of an endless belt with scoops attached, used for raising grain to an upper storey for storage.
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a piece of equipment, usually in the form of a small room, that carries people or goods straight up and down in tall buildings.
The meaning of ELEVATOR is one that raises or lifts something up. How to use elevator in a sentence.
An elevator ( North American English) or lift ( British English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems such as a hoist, although some pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack .
noun. a person or thing that elevates or raises. a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building. any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials. a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices.
a piece of equipment, usually in the form of a small room, that carries people or goods straight up and down in tall buildings.
1. a. A platform or an enclosure raised and lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people or freight. b. The enclosure or platform with its operating equipment, motor, cables, and accessories. 2. A movable control surface, usually attached to the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft, that is used to produce motion up or down. 3.
1. a person or thing that elevates. 2. mainly US. a mechanical hoist for raising something, esp grain or coal, often consisting of a chain of scoops linked together on a conveyor belt. 3. mainly US and Canadian. a platform, compartment, or cage raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport persons or goods in a building.
An elevator is a machine that carries passengers to higher and lower floors in a tall building. Even though you usually take the stairs to your apartment, when you're exhausted you might decide to take the elevator instead.
Definition of elevator noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. /ˈɛləˌveɪt̮ər/ a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
