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 (US) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically. 0
countable noun elevator An elevator is a device that carries people up and down inside buildings. 0
noun elevator A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator). 0
noun elevator a person or thing that elevates 0
noun elevator (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine. 0
noun elevator a mechanical hoist for raising something, esp grain or coal, often consisting of a chain of scoops linked together on a conveyor belt 0
noun elevator Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller. 0
noun elevator a platform, compartment, or cage raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport persons or goods in a building 0
noun elevator A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone. 0
noun elevator a large granary equipped with an elevator and, usually, facilities for cleaning and grading the grain 0
noun elevator (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye. 0
noun elevator any muscle that raises a part of the body 0
noun elevator a surgical instrument for lifting a part of the body 0
noun elevator a control surface on the tailplane of an aircraft, for making it climb or descend 0
noun elevator a person or thing that raises or lifts up 0
noun elevator a platform, cage, or boxlike structure suspended by motor-operated cables, for hoisting or lowering people or things, as in a building or mine 0
noun elevator a machine, usually consisting of buckets or scoops fastened to an endless belt or chain, for hoisting grain, etc., as in a warehouse 0
noun elevator grain elevator 0
noun elevator a pilot-controlled airfoil attached to the trailing edge of the tail section's horizontal stabilizers, used to make an aircraft go up or down and to control pitching 0
noun elevator An elevator is a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings. 0
