elevator meaning
EN
[ˈɛləveɪtə] [ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ] WElevator
- An elevator (lift in British English) is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel, or other structure.
- In agriculture and manufacturing, an elevator is any type of conveyor device used to lift materials in a continuous stream into bins or silos.
- Languages other than English may have loanwords based on either elevator (e.g., Japanese and Korean) or lift (e.g., Cantonese, Russian and Thai).
- Because of wheelchair access laws, elevators are often a legal requirement in new multistory buildings, especially where wheelchair ramps would be impractical.
- NounPLelevatorsSUF-ator
- (US) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
- (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
- Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- (US) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- If we go into the elevator too, it'll be a bit of a squidge.
- He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of elevator in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en elevators
- en elevatory
- en elevatored
- en elevatorlike
- en elevatorless
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "elevator" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.