elevator
/ˈɛləˌveɪtə/US/ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/
elevator noun: anything that raises or uplifts.
Noun
elevator (plural 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.1902, Life, volume 39, page 559
- Bulk loading of grain in progress from road to rail at Biggleswade using a portable elevator.1962 May, “Talking of Trains: Portable grain elevators at E.R. stations”, in Modern Railways, page 302, photo caption
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- 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.1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3
- [W]hen a group of farmers started a co-op elevator, he invested in it, and persuaded business friends to do the same.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, page 28
- 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
elevator (third-person singular simple present elevators, present participle elevatoring, simple past and past participle elevatored)
- To move in an elevator.
- He elevatored up to the third floor.
elevator meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
elevator in Tamil
- மின்தூக்கி, மின் உயர்த்தி, உயர்த்தி, உயர்த்து மாடம், ஏற்றி, பளு ஏற்றி
elevator in Bengali
- elevator, lift
- লিফট liphṭ
elevator in Malayalam
- ഉയർത്തൽയന്ത്രം, ഉയർത്തുന്നവൻ
elevator in Kannada
- ಮೇಲೆತ್ತುವ ಸಾಧನ, ಏರಿಳಿಯಂತ್ರ, ಎತ್ತುಗ, ಏರಿಳಿ, ಲಿಫ್ಟು
More languagesFewer languages
- elevator in Arabic
- مِصْعَدْ miṣʕad
- elevator in Indonesian
- kemudi angkat
Examples of elevator in a sentence
- Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
- Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.
- Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
Synonyms of elevator
Forms of elevator
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | elevators |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | elevators |
| present participle | elevatoring |
| past participle | elevatored |
| past | elevatored |
Origin of elevator
From elevate + -or.
Words formed from elevator
- ailevator
- elevator authority
- elevator butt
- elevatorful
- Elevatorgate
- elevatorless
- elevatorlike
- elevatorman
- elevator music
- elevator operator
- elevator pitch
- elevator shaft
- elevator shoe
- elevator surfer
- elevator surfing
- elevator talk
- elevon
- express elevator
- fart in an elevator
- grain elevator
- inclinator
- inclined elevator
- incline elevator
- jetevator
- nonelevator
- one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
- ruddervator
- Sabbath elevator
- screw elevator
- Shabbat elevator
- Shabbos elevator
- sidewalk elevator
- silk elevator
- space elevator
- transelevator
Phrases with elevator
Questions about elevator
- What does elevator mean?
- Elevator means anything that raises or uplifts.
- What is elevator in Tamil?
- Elevator in Tamil is மின்தூக்கி, மின் உயர்த்தி, உயர்த்தி. See Elevator meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is elevator?
- Elevator can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce elevator?
- Elevator is pronounced /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of elevator?
- The plural of elevator is elevators.
Words near elevator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: elevator (page history and authors); elevator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); লিফট (Bengali) (page history and authors); elevator (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); elevator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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