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Definition of elevator noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

elevator

noun
 
/ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/
 
/ˈelɪveɪtər/
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  1. (North American English)
    (British English lift)
    a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine
    • It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
    Extra Examples
    • He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor.
    • One guy fell down the elevator shaft.
    • The agents in the station sent the checked baggage downstairs on a freight elevator.
    • The elevator dinged and the door opened.
    • The elevator doors closed behind her.
    • We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor.
    • York pressed the button to call the elevator.
    Topics Buildingsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • glass
    • express
    • high-speed
    • …
    verb + elevator
    • ride
    • take
    • use
    • …
    elevator + verb
    • go up
    • descend
    • go down
    • …
    elevator + noun
    • shaft
    • door
    • button
    • …
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  2. (also grain elevator)
     (North American English) a tall building used to store grain and that contains equipment to move it
    • In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain.
    Topics Farmingc2
  3. a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and downTopics Transport by airc2
    4. Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate.
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