elevator
noun/ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/
/ˈelɪveɪtər/
- (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 ExamplesTopics Buildingsb1- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- glass
- express
- high-speed
- …
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- go up
- descend
- go down
- …
- shaft
- door
- button
- …
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- (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.
- a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and downTopics Transport by airc2
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate.
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