elevator

el·e·va·tor  (l-vtr)

n.

1.

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

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

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

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

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

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elevator

Noun

1. Austral, US & Canad a lift for carrying people

2. a mechanical hoist

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	elevator - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building lift building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" elevator car, car - where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" dumbwaiter, food elevator - a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another freight elevator, service elevator - an elevator designed for carrying freight lifting device - a device for lifting heavy loads paternoster - a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
	2.	elevator - the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight horizontal tail - the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft

Translations

elevator [ˈɛlɪveɪtəʳ] n (US) → ascensor m; elevador m (LAM)

elevator [ˈɛlɪveɪtəʳ] n (in warehouse etc) → élévateur m, monte-charge m inv;

(US) (= lift); ascenseur m

elevator [ˈɛlɪveɪtəʳ] n (US) → Aufzug m, Fahrstuhl m;

(in warehouse etc) → Lastenaufzug m

elevator [ˈɛlɪveɪtəʳ] n → elevatore m;

(US) (= lift); ascensore m