elevator
noun
el·e·va·tor
ˈe-lə-ˌvā-tər 
1
: one that raises or lifts something up: such as
a
: an endless belt or chain conveyor with cleats, scoops, or buckets for raising material
b
: a cage or platform and its hoisting machinery for conveying people or things to different levels
c
2
: a movable airfoil usually attached to the tailplane of an airplane for controlling pitch see airplane illustration
Examples of elevator in a Sentence
We took the elevator to the 10th floor.
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The home had a staff entrance, three elevators, and a separate pool house, with an indoor pool designed to look like a Turkish bath, complete with a sauna and steam showers, a bowling alley, an indoor racquetball court, and a 700-bottle wine wall.
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Stepping out of the elevator—the penthouses occupy floors 60 and 61—guests enter hallways awash in deep purples and soft grays.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
The boy can quit abruptly because there will be more interchangeable jobs—more elevators, more shoes, more greasy pots.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Bezos’s former Washington home has three bedrooms, four bathrooms, an elevator, a massive walk-in closet, a secondary kitchen, a rooftop terrace, and a glass walkway that connects the property to a two-story guesthouse.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Stepping out of the elevator—the penthouses occupy floors 60 and 61—guests enter hallways awash in deep purples and soft grays.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
The boy can quit abruptly because there will be more interchangeable jobs—more elevators, more shoes, more greasy pots.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Bezos’s former Washington home has three bedrooms, four bathrooms, an elevator, a massive walk-in closet, a secondary kitchen, a rooftop terrace, and a glass walkway that connects the property to a two-story guesthouse.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Elevator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elevator. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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elevator
noun
el·e·va·tor
ˈel-ə-ˌvāt-ər
1
a
: a continuous belt or chain conveyor for raising material
b
: a cage or platform and its hoisting machinery for carrying things or people to different levels
c
: a building for elevating, storing, unloading, and sometimes grinding grain
called also grain elevator
2
: a movable device shaped like a wing that is usually attached to the tail of an airplane for producing motion up or down
Medical Definition
elevator
noun
el·e·va·tor
ˈel-ə-ˌvāt-ər
1
: a dental instrument for removing teeth or the roots of teeth which cannot be gripped with a forceps
2
: a surgical instrument for raising a depressed part (as a bone) or for separating contiguous parts
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