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hellevator

hellevator noun: a scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location. Also the alternative letter-case form of Hellevator.

Noun (1)

hellevator (plural hellevators)

  1. (slang) A scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location.
  2. (slang, uncommon) An elevator that is poorly-maintained, dangerous or claustrophobic.
  3. (slang) In Terraria, a continuous hole (shaft) built by the player that allows them to drop all the way from the surface to the underworld, an area of the game located at the bottom of the world.

Noun (2) capitalized: Hellevator

Hellevator (plural Hellevators)

  1. (humorous, often) A notional elevator that leads to Hell; an elevator that directs damned souls to Hell.
    • STEWARDESS: If you look to your right you will see fourteen Damned Souls about to descend to the underworld in the Hellevator...
      JIMMY: It's all puns up here, isn't it?
      LOGICAL MAN: (fiddling with the strap on his goggles) Ay?
      STEWARDESS: We respectfully ask that all Angels refrain from gloating at...2012, Henry Harding, The Bells Of St. Mary's, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 25
  2. Alternative letter-case form of hellevator.

Also used as

hellevator is also the alternative letter-case form of Hellevator.

Forms of hellevator

pluralhellevators
pluralHellevators
alternative formhellevator

Origin of hellevator

Blend of hell + elevator.

Blend of Hell + elevator.

Questions about hellevator

What does hellevator mean?
Hellevator means a scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location.
What part of speech is hellevator?
Hellevator is a noun.
What is the plural of hellevator?
The plural of hellevator is hellevators.

Words near hellevator in the dictionary

  1. Hellesdon
  2. Hellespont
  3. Hellespontian
  4. Hellespontic
  5. Hellespontine
  6. hellevator
  7. hellevators
  8. Hellevoetsluis
  9. Hellewell
  10. Hellewells
  11. hellfare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hellevator (page history and authors); Hellevator (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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