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upalators

upalators is the plural of upalator.

Meaning of upalator

Noun

upalator (plural upalators)

  1. (humorous, informal, rare) An escalator going upwards.
    • One of my children solved that one 25 years ago when he was little more than a toddler. As we were walking through a department store he told me he wanted to ride the “upalator,” but that the “downalator” was too scary for him.1988 May 29, Bob O’Sullivan, “Going Down an Elevator Is Rarely Uplifting”, in Los Angeles Times
    Antonyms:
    downalator

Questions about upalators

What is upalators the plural of?
Upalators is the plural of upalator.

Words near upalators in the dictionary

  1. Upadhyaya
  2. Upadhyayas
  3. Upadhyays
  4. upaithric
  5. upalator
  6. upalators
  7. Upali
  8. upalite
  9. upalong
  10. upanayana
  11. upanayanas

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