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elevator

UK /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/US /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/

noun7

  1. (US, Australia) a closed box that takes people and things up and down between the floors of a building
  2. A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
  3. (US) A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
  4. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
  5. Anything that raises or uplifts.
  6. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
  7. Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

verb1

  1. (informal) To move in an elevator.
forms

elevatored · elevatoring · elevators

Phrases with elevator

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