a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building.
any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials.
a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices.
Aeronautics. a hinged horizontal surface on an airplane or the like, used to control the longitudinal inclination and usually placed at the tail end of the fuselage.
elevator shoe.
Origin of elevator
1640–50; <Late Latin ēlevātor, equivalent to ēlevā(re) (see elevate) + -tor-tor
Words nearby elevator
elevate, elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, elevation, elevator, elevator muscle of angle of mouth, elevator muscle of anus, elevator muscle of prostate, elevator muscle of scapula, elevator muscle of soft palate
Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At that meeting, Rice told the Commissioner that he had hit Mrs. Rice in the elevator.
The $44 Million Teflon Don of the NFL|Mike Barnicle|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Det. Johnson left in an elevator and I found myself alone in the building, save two women in the dispatch center.
The Disappearing Cops of East St. Louis|Justin Glawe|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yesterday, as I went up and down in the elevator, I could see men working there.
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just the other day, the employee watched another mother freak out after her daughter licked some of the buttons in an elevator.
Dallas: A Journal of the Plague City|Pete Freedman|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of the changes to be observed, the most interesting concern the elevator and rear-rudder.
The Aeroplane|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
He was about to press the elevator button, but he did not like to present himself gory to the elevator-boy.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
It was my felicity to catch a grain steamer and an elevator emptying that same steamer.
American Notes|Rudyard Kipling
At a quarter to eleven Herbert Bayliss emerged from the elevator.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln
The elevator went down, and Bob Moore left the car to return to his book.
In the Onyx Lobby|Carolyn Wells
British Dictionary definitions for elevator
elevator
/ (ˈɛlɪˌveɪtə) /
noun
a person or thing that elevates
mainlyUSa mechanical hoist for raising something, esp grain or coal, often consisting of a chain of scoops linked together on a conveyor belt
mainlyUS and Canadiana platform, compartment, or cage raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport persons or goods in a buildingAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): lift
mainlyUS and Canadiana large granary equipped with an elevator and, usually, facilities for cleaning and grading the grain
any muscle that raises a part of the body
a surgical instrument for lifting a part of the body
a control surface on the tailplane of an aircraft, for making it climb or descend