noun
Meaning 1
Anything that raises or uplifts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
elevator
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/
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US: /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/
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rhymes with -ɛləveɪtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 L AH0 V EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lift
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 4
A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To move in an elevator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Examples
- He elevatored up to the third floor.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lifting device
Narrower terms: dumbwaiter, food elevator, freight elevator, service elevator, paternoster
noun
Meaning 10
the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h1lengwh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1lénghusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣwisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣwis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Latin ēlevātusder. Middle English elevat Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English elevaten English elevate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English elevator From elevate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: siilo — silo for storing grain
- Russian: элева́тор (elevátor) — silo for storing grain
- Arabic: مِصْعَدْ (miṣʕad) — control surface of an aircraft
- Danish: højderor — control surface of an aircraft
- Dutch: hoogteroer — control surface of an aircraft
- Finnish: korkeusperäsin — control surface of an aircraft
- German: Höhenruder — control surface of an aircraft
- Hebrew: מעלית — control surface of an aircraft
- Icelandic: lyfta — control surface of an aircraft
- Indonesian: kemudi angkat — control surface of an aircraft
- Japanese: 昇降舵 (shōkōda) — control surface of an aircraft
- Norwegian: heis — control surface of an aircraft
- Finnish: piilokorkokenkä — type of shoe
- Finnish: nostajalihas — anatomy: muscle
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