escalator
noun/ˈeskəleɪtə(r)/
/ˈeskəleɪtər/
- moving stairs that carry people between different floors of a large building
- Take the escalator down to the lower level.
- We rode the escalator up toward our restaurant.
- kids running up a down escalator
- The up escalator was out of service.
- by escalator Passengers are carried by escalator to the first floor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- down
- up
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- carry somebody
- lead to something
Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US, as a trade name): from escalade ‘climb a wall by ladder’ (from the noun escalade), on the pattern of elevator.Definitions on the go
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