English Explanatory Dictionary

elevator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
verb
  1. To move in an elevator.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛləˌveɪtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elevator.wav /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/

Word forms

elevator elevators elevatoring elevatored

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-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.

Synonyms

lift

Derived words

ailevator elevator authority elevator butt elevatorful Elevatorgate elevatorless elevatorlike elevatorman elevator music elevator operator elevator pitch elevator shaft elevator shoe elevator surfer elevator surfing elevator talk elevon express elevator fart in an elevator grain elevator inclinator inclined elevator incline elevator jetevator nonelevator one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top ruddervator Sabbath elevator screw elevator Shabbat elevator Shabbos elevator sidewalk elevator silk elevator space elevator transelevator
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