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Webster 1913 Edition

Elevator

El′e-vaˊtor

,
Noun.
[L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F.
élévateur
.]
1.
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
2.
A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
3.
A cage or platform (called an elevator
car
) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; – called in England a
lift
; the cage or platform itself.
4.
A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
5.
(Anat.)
A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
6.
(Surg.)
An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elevator

EL'EVATOR

,
Noun.
One who raises, lifts or exalts.
1.
In anatomy, a muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the lip or the eye.
2.
A surgical instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.

Definition 2024

elevator

elevator

English

Noun

elevator ‎(plural elevators)

  1. (US) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  2. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
  3. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
  4. Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
  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.

Synonyms

  • (permanent construction): lift (British English)

Derived terms

See also


Translations

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

English grain elevator.

Noun

elevator

  1. elevator, grain elevator.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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

Latin

Verb

ēlevātor

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

References

Swedish

mudderverk med elevator

Noun

elevator c

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

Declension

Related terms

  • elevatorskopa

References

Pronunciation

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