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ELEVATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
elevator; lift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("elevator" is a kind of...):
lifting device (a device for lifting heavy loads)
Meronyms (parts of "elevator"):
car; elevator car (where passengers ride up and down)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elevator"):
dumbwaiter; food elevator (a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another)
freight elevator; service elevator (an elevator designed for carrying freight)
paternoster (a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor)
Holonyms ("elevator" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Derivation:
elevate (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("elevator" is a kind of...):
aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)
Holonyms ("elevator" is a part of...):
horizontal tail (the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft)
Context examples:
A reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk to which he added on his own initiative a tin of large hard dog biscuits—one of which decomposed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
