elevator

Noun

 * 1) Anything that raises or uplifts.
 * 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.
 * 3) A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
 * 4)  A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
 * 5) A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
 * 6)  Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
 * 7) A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
 * 1)  A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
 * 2) A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
 * 3)  Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
 * 4) A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: مِصْعَدْ
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: korkeusperäsin
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: kemudi angkat
 * Japanese: 昇降舵
 * Norwegian:


 * Finnish: piilokorkokenkä


 * Finnish: nostajalihas

Verb

 * 1)  To move in an elevator.
 * He elevatored up to the third floor.

Etymology
grain.

Noun

 * , grain elevator.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Etymology
or.

Noun

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

Usage notes
with in the sense of "mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building". For that meaning, see.