elevator

elevate +‎ -or

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləveɪtə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

elevator (plural elevators)

1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
   • 1902, Life, volume 39, page 559:

     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.

   • 1962 May, “Talking of Trains: Portable grain elevators at E.R. stations”, in Modern Railways, page 302, photo caption:

     Bulk loading of grain in progress from road to rail at Biggleswade using a portable elevator.

2. (Canada, US, Australia) 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.

   Synonym: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) lift

3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
4. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
5. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
6. (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
7. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

• → Hawaiian: ʻeleweka

• overlate

English grain elevator.

elevator

1. elevator, grain elevator.

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From English elevator.

elevator c (singular definite elevatoren, plural indefinite elevatorer)

1. lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

ēlevātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēlevō

• “elevator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From French élévateur or German Elevator.

elevator n (plural elevatoare)

1. elevator

elevator c

1. a conveyor, an elevator (various technical installations for lifting stuff)

   Hypernym: lastbärare

False friend with elevator in the sense of "mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building". For that meaning, see hiss.

• elevatorskopa

• elevator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)