elevator

[ el-uh-vey-ter ]
/ ˈɛl əˌveɪ tər /
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noun

a person or thing that elevates or raises.
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

Words related to elevator

escalator, hoist, dumbwaiter, conveyor

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British Dictionary definitions for elevator

elevator
/ (ˈɛlɪˌveɪtə) /

noun

Medical definitions for elevator

elevator
[ ĕl′ə-vā′tər ]

n.

A surgical instrument used to elevate tissues or to raise a sunken part, such as a depressed fragment of bone.
A dental instrument used to remove teeth or parts of teeth that cannot be gripped with a forceps or to loosen teeth and roots before using forceps.