Elevator

Word ELEVATOR
Character 8
Hyphenation el e va tor
Pronunciations /ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Elevator"

What do we mean by elevator?

A platform or an enclosure raised and lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people or freight. noun

The enclosure or platform with its operating equipment, motor, cables, and accessories. noun

A movable control surface, usually attached to the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft, that is used to produce motion up or down. noun

A mechanism, often with buckets or scoops attached to a conveyor, used for hoisting materials. noun

A granary equipped with devices for hoisting and discharging grain. noun

One who or that which raises, lifts, or exalts. Specifically noun

In anat.: A muscle which raises a part of the body, as the lip or eyelid: same as levator. noun

Same as extensor. noun

A surgical instrument used for raising a depressed or fractured part of the skull. Also called elevatory. noun

In mech., a hoisting apparatus; a lift. noun

A building containing one or more mechanical elevators, especially a warehouse for the storage of grain. noun

In surgery: An instrument for extracting the stump of a tooth. noun

Same as repositor. noun

One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. noun

A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. noun

A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. noun

A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. noun

A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. noun

Anything that raises or uplifts.

A permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically, used to transport people and goods.

A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)

A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling 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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Elevator

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The word "elevator" in example sentences

We have an elevator at the office here and in the elevator is a “service” that goes by the very Phildickian name The Captivate Network. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've got what they call the elevator speech down in several variations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus the term elevator speech: it’s designed to be short enough to deliver between floors when a happy accident places you and the agent of your dreams together in the same lift. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Grain elevator, gas station and greasy spoon (with enormous pancakes!) is about it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Great advice TonyK, I always get mine at an grain elevator or TSC, at least half the price. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then take it to a sand and gravel pit, grain elevator, building and supply company, county waste disposal site, or moving company. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(The building's stark hallways and elevator is where the large majority of this story takes place.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Father Tim (?) was quite apologetic about the main elevator being out, though even then I'm not sure if that would've removed all the doors needing opening between 4th and 6th. * sigh* ❋ Melted_snowball (2010)

The best way to get an accurate weight reading is to load the vehicle, round up your buddies, then take it to a sand and gravel pit, grain elevator, building and supply company, county waste disposal site, or moving company. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More info on the bathroom floor and elevator from the Amazing Illusions blog. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They’d work at the grain elevator or the feed-mill, start at the bottom in the lumberyard, get a job at the hardware store, or maybe even buy a bar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And, as Gerald Stanley Lee says, the elevator is that democratic device that gives to all men the privilege of first floors though they be twenty stories above the ground. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Uhh, on second thought, Keight Vs plan of just using rockets a lot and later doing a space elevator is better than a new shuttle style RLV assuming that space elavators can work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Maybe: "The elevator is broken again" or "No raises this year either" or "Please start supplying your own toilet paper"? ❋ Unknown (2009)

It wasn't clear what caused the rupture of movable part, which is called an elevator trim tab and is used to help control movement of the nose. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)

Sunsats will only be economical with a breakthrough in cheap access to space however, and the space elevator is one of the only options for that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It looks more likely that people will go up an elevator from the transit station, and hop on a bus that serves the main street going over the lid. ❋ Unknown (2010)

McCain should not be allowed to be in charge of the TV's remote control and he definitly shouldn't be in charge of this country, his mental elevator is just worn thin and should be kept out of any relevant decision making. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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