elevator

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈe-lə-ˌvā-tər\
- /ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈe-lə-ˌvā-tər\

Definitions of elevator word

noun elevator A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels. 1
noun elevator lift for carrying people or goods 1
noun elevator building where grain is stored 1
noun,plural elevator shoes with high insole 1
countable noun elevator An elevator is a device that carries people up and down inside buildings. 0
noun elevator a person or thing that elevates 0

See all 24 definitions of elevator

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Parts of speech for Elevator

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Elevator

elevator popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for elevator

noun elevator

silo — a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
conveyor — a person or thing that conveys
dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.

All 6 Synonyms of elevator