elevator

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English

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Etymology

elevate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

Noun

elevator (plural elevators)

  1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
    • 1902, Life, volume 39, page 559:
      And then the foaming flagons raised on high, with that best of all beverages, that elevator of spirits, that foaming sunshine, that grand and glorious brew of ale.
    • 1962 May, “Talking of Trains: Portable grain elevators at E.R. stations”, in Modern Railways, page 302, photo caption:
      Bulk loading of grain in progress from road to rail at Biggleswade using a portable elevator.
  2. (Canada, US, Australia) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
    Synonym: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) lift
  3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
    • 1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:
      The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.
  4. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
  5. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
  6. (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
  7. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

permanent construction — see lift

Verb

elevator (third-person singular simple present elevators, present participle elevatoring, simple past and past participle elevatored)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To move in an elevator.
    He elevatored up to the third floor.

Anagrams

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

English grain elevator.

Noun

elevator

  1. elevator, grain elevator.

Declension

Declension of elevator
nominative elevator
genitive elevatornıñ
dative elevatorğa
accusative elevatornı
locative elevatorda
ablative elevatordan

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Etymology

From English elevator.

Noun

elevator c (singular definite elevatoren, plural indefinite elevatorer)

  1. lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Inflection

Declension of elevator
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elevator elevatoren elevatorer elevatorerne
genitive elevators elevatorens elevatorers elevatorernes

Latin

Verb

ēlevātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēlevō

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French élévateur or German Elevator.

Noun

elevator n (plural elevatoare)

  1. elevator

Declension

Declension of elevator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) elevator elevatorul (niște) elevatoare elevatoarele
genitive/dative (unui) elevator elevatorului (unor) elevatoare elevatoarelor
vocative elevatorule elevatoarelor

Swedish

A dredger were an elevator is digging and transporting sediment.

Noun

elevator c

  1. a conveyor, an elevator (various technical installations for lifting stuff)
    Hypernym: lastbärare

Usage notes

False friend with elevator in the sense of "mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building". For that meaning, see hiss.

Declension

Declension of elevator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative elevator elevatorn elevatorer elevatorerna
Genitive elevators elevatorns elevatorers elevatorernas

Related terms

References

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