Elevator Common

Elevator has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

"The elevator smoothly carried the passengers up to the tenth floor."

elevator lift

the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend

"The pilot adjusted the elevator to help the plane climb steeply into the clouds."

elevator

Anything that raises or uplifts.

"The new elevator in the office building failed to lift any of the heavy cargo crates."

In plain English: An elevator is a machine that moves people and things up and down inside a building between different floors.

"We took the elevator to reach our office on the twelfth floor."

Example Sentences

"We took the elevator to reach our office on the twelfth floor." noun

"We waited in line for the elevator to reach our floor." noun

"The building's elevator broke down during the morning rush." noun

"She pressed the button and stepped into the moving elevator." noun

Origin

The word elevator comes from the Latin verb elevare, which means to lift up or raise high. It entered English through French during the late Middle Ages as a noun referring specifically to someone who lifts things.

Rhyming Words

tor ator ltor stor ctor dtor aitor kotor gator actor fetor astor sutor nator rotor motor tutor jstor bator autor

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