An elevator is a device that carries people up and down inside buildings.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use lift
Synonyms: lift, hoist, paternoster More Synonyms of elevator
elevator in British English
(ˈɛlɪˌveɪtə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that elevates
2. mainly US
a mechanical hoist for raising something, esp grain or coal, often consisting of a chain of scoops linked together on a conveyor belt
3. mainly US and Canadian
a platform, compartment, or cage raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport persons or goods in a building
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): lift
4. mainly US and Canadian
a large granary equipped with an elevator and, usually, facilities for cleaning and grading the grain
5.
any muscle that raises a part of the body
6.
a surgical instrument for lifting a part of the body
7.
a control surface on the tailplane of an aircraft, for making it climb or descend
elevator in American English
(ˈɛləˌveɪtər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that raises or lifts up
2. US
a platform, cage, or boxlike structure suspended by motor-operated cables, for hoisting or lowering people or things, as in a building or mine
3. US
a machine, usually consisting of buckets or scoops fastened to an endless belt or chain, for hoisting grain, etc., as in a warehouse
4. US
grain elevator
5.
a pilot-controlled airfoil attached to the trailing edge of the tail section's horizontal stabilizers, used to make an aircraft go up or down and to control pitching
Word origin
LL(Ec), one who raises up, a deliverer: see elevate
elevator in Hospitality
(ɛlɪveɪtər) or lift
Word forms: (regular plural) elevators
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel facilities)
An elevator is a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings.
COLLOCATIONS: take the ~
We took the elevator to the fourteenth floor.
The elevators are used by the staff for taking sheets and towels down to another level.
None of the elevators in the building are working - we'll have to use the stairs.
Examples of 'elevator' in a sentence
elevator
So what are the secrets of a great elevator pitch?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Another would be to bring back elevator music.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And here you have one of the problems with the concept of the elevator speech.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a curious elevator pitch.
John Cassidy DOT.CON (2001)
The elevator always takes exactly 2 minutes to reach the ground floor.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
When time is short, an elevator speech can be used to open a dialogue.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His father met his mother in a lift at an advertising company in Manhattan and made an elevator pitch.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The aim is surely to be as annoying and cheesy as possible, yet this sounds like elevator music.
The Sun (2006)
There's one like an elevator and it takes you so many feet up into the air and then suddenly throws you down.
The Sun (2014)
Word lists with
elevator
parts of an aircraft, parts of an aircraft, muscle
All related terms of 'elevator'
elevator car
a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
elevator shoe
a shoe designed to increase the wearer's height
bucket elevator
a chain of buckets for raising liquids or materials to a higher level
elevator music
recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland , monotonous , etc.
elevator pitch
an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
elevator shaft
a vertical shaft in a building which allows the passage of an elevator from floor to floor
grain elevator
A grain elevator is a building in which grain such as corn is stored and which contains machinery for moving the grain.
elevator operator
a person who operates a platform raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people from floor to floor in a building
service elevator
an elevator used by servants and tradespeople and for carrying goods, baggage , etc.
Chinese translation of 'elevator'
elevator
(ˈɛlɪveɪtəʳ) (US)
n(c)
电(電)梯 (diàntī) (部, bù)
英 = lift
Nearby words of
elevator
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elicit
(noun)
Definition
a mechanical hoist
Markham emerged from the guest elevator into the lobby.
Synonyms
lift
They took the lift to the fourth floor.
hoist
It takes three nurses and a hoist to get me into this chair.
paternoster
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hoist
Definition
any apparatus or device for lifting things
It takes three nurses and a hoist to get me into this chair.